---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission"
description: "Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Maryland HB 685 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chang", "Harris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756b4316-9ef3-4974-918b-c8b98993e7a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0685?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2a79cc83e0e3e0797f9556d4ca49d54b8bd4f65fb21fab661744654812d7f0a0"
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 685 (2024) — Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_622_hb0685t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0685f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0685t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chang — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Finance
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756b4316-9ef3-4974-918b-c8b98993e7a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).