---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24"
description: "Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Maryland HB 306 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e224c45-f8d2-44d2-a6ae-480cb7b5d5b1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0306?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7653bae450a0c19a1e490989e3405813758508dff6e29620557534cad8fc8070"
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 306 (2024) — Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_677_hb0306e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0306e.pdf)
3. **First - Prince George's County - Economic Development - Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0306f.pdf)
4. **Third - Prince George's County - Economic Development - Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County - Establishment PG 402-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0306t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e224c45-f8d2-44d2-a6ae-480cb7b5d5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).