---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission"
description: "Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 781"
citation: "Maryland HB 781 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Atterbeary", "B. Barnes", "Bridges", "Buckel", "Charles", "D. Barnes", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Griffith", "Grossman", "Hartman", "Henson", "Hornberger", "Kelly", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Qi", "Smith", "Solomon", "Vogel", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e7e2a1-03d5-40df-99ca-6f36d2439cc8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0781?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5141919fc06cca5768c420aec64a5e0a974235abb4f2568dad7df124b717eb5d"
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 781 (2023) — Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_462_hb0781t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0781f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund and Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0781t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **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 Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0e7e2a1-03d5-40df-99ca-6f36d2439cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).