---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program"
description: "Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Maryland HB 622 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hartman", "Phillips", "Qi", "Stonko", "Vogel", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/317c95e2-df3e-4f6f-bafd-6f2307792c82"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0622?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a4ebe7c5102b6980b06ddae5d2649ca0930fb2d893340352aedb4b1b1ecaee2a"
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 HB 622 (2023) — Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_498_hb0622t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0622f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0622t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hartman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Stonko — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 498 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/317c95e2-df3e-4f6f-bafd-6f2307792c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).