---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
description: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 768"
citation: "Maryland HB 768 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d19edd48-a250-43a3-856f-8e8c424a904c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0768?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "31a8bd83624da48f372c42e8caa7df7f17fd3d8265119dfe4cf2467ddb4efb3d"
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 HB 768 (2023) — Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations

## 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 - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_470_hb0768e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0768e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0768f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0768t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d19edd48-a250-43a3-856f-8e8c424a904c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).