---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
description: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Maryland SB 861 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5255015-a535-4714-abcb-c1e8b2a45a46"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0861?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "59d8354dc003d82799de616e5c1fbd4bf2aded26b4f4a0f834795790fa9d6997"
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 861 (2025) — Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_379_sb0861e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0861e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0861f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0861t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corderman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation Finance
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5255015-a535-4714-abcb-c1e8b2a45a46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).