---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes"
description: "Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 756"
citation: "Maryland SB 756 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d557b0-c05b-4839-a94e-9fcd11ead40f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0756?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "50125fe8e11bac0a43efbd04c7c5c139f6056c5c2401fdba50cd551aec399723"
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 756 (2026) — Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_146_sb0756e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0756e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0756f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City – Economic Development Project in Downtown RISE District – Payment in Lieu of Taxes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0756t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **130–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78d557b0-c05b-4839-a94e-9fcd11ead40f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).