---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program"
description: "Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 453"
citation: "Maryland SB 453 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe406ab-03fd-4a9b-8f85-1c676db3c8b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0453?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "71fbcc4e408ad35b33bbb2695aff79578c3cd2233f9cd0ba1fb90d0fecf98916"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 453 (2022) — Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_322_sb0453t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0453f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0453t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-29** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2022-03-21** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abe406ab-03fd-4a9b-8f85-1c676db3c8b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).