---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund"
description: "Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 960"
citation: "Maryland SB 960 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d39ddf2-fa3a-499d-90d3-f9176e6b190f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0960?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d137db9d8dc7b1f800dde92588290ebc36a513c6c232a1cda0993f44c8cbbb52"
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 960 (2024) — Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_474_sb0960t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0960f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0960t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **101–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-16** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-05** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/12 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `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`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** 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 474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d39ddf2-fa3a-499d-90d3-f9176e6b190f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).