---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Annual Appropriation and Authorized Uses"
description: "National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Annual Appropriation and Authorized Uses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Maryland SB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Augustine", "Benson", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Hester", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Kramer", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb8b977-4145-4e48-ac21-4ae0016135cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0273?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0ab8d924a9ae285349dad9799aef4de106b788ed21d2e6fdc4470b4ca09fa100"
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 273 (2023) — National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Annual Appropriation and Authorized Uses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Annual Appropriation and Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_494_sb0273t.pdf)
2. **First - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0273f.pdf)
3. **Third - National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund - Annual Appropriation and Authorized Uses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0273t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 494 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb8b977-4145-4e48-ac21-4ae0016135cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).