---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment"
description: "Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1206"
citation: "Maryland HB 1206 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Baker", "Barnes", "Bhandari", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Chang", "Chisholm", "Clippinger", "Crosby", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Fisher", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Guzzone", "Healey", "Hill", "Hinebaugh", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lehman", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "McComas", "Miller", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Shetty", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Szeliga", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Valderrama", "Valentine", "Watson", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wivell", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92265206-1f8b-4435-969c-7f97978f9755"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1206?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2033c39dae84ca9b9846a9d7038df37a6655e19ce6d1d52882648e96bb38eca8"
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 1206 (2024) — Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_409_hb1206t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1206f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1206t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Barnes — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fisher — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92265206-1f8b-4435-969c-7f97978f9755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).