---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership"
description: "Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Maryland SB 396 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Senators"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fec62dc-6473-4995-a8ba-d1b1b2710ad9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0396?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7041d05f1b207ea0d8e12f0e24e5cbb9070ae5ca9bd57fd64b78cf91b5aa326e"
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 396 (2023) — Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_601_sb0396e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0396e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0396f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Upper Shore Regional Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0396t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fec62dc-6473-4995-a8ba-d1b1b2710ad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).