---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits"
description: "Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Maryland SB 14 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-30"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f1a69e-5321-4b99-a3b6-c2acb662ab68"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0014?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fe77bf3656a325f381242d2cab72429ffbe042e0e81ae4da3105c6d2b848db3a"
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 14 (2024) — Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_240_sb0014t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0014f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0014t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/18 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f1a69e-5321-4b99-a3b6-c2acb662ab68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).