---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations"
description: "Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Maryland SB 209 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-11"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9827ee96-9cbb-45f3-9d27-a5eb84270add"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0209?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fda90abb2c125101edf1c20467c663a09def4919f9e8d4bcae346def6bd8dbd7"
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 209 (2024) — Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_71_sb0209t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0209f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Maryland Economic Development Commission – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0209t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 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
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9827ee96-9cbb-45f3-9d27-a5eb84270add`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).