---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment"
description: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "Maryland SB 474 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman", "Edwards", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b95cc7e-99df-4fca-bfea-57427031474e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0474?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3632f21656ceced469729bf2ddec1c4bcfb41925f2bf7071a33a30d2869d451d"
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 474 (2022) — Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_63_sb0474e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0474e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0474f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0474t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corderman — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 2/15 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-19** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 63 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b95cc7e-99df-4fca-bfea-57427031474e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).