---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation"
description: "Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Maryland SB 50 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile", "Henson", "Lam", "Rosapepe", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-02"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea1c9a1-fec4-4794-be9b-effeef3008f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0050?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7066961e8e67919c0f46c1e55008453df291ba76fb8f73825abe6fbf9cc6f2ae"
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 50 (2025) — Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_535_sb0050t.pdf)
2. **First - Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0050f.pdf)
3. **Third - Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0050t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gile — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ea1c9a1-fec4-4794-be9b-effeef3008f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).