---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits"
description: "Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Maryland HB 1281 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Anderton", "Arentz", "Barnes", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Harris", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Mangione", "McComas", "Otto", "Pippy", "Rose", "Spiegel", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c1e1e1b-b812-4640-a1b6-d9df3a1d70ae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1281?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a01d9c400b317442f3d621134c99c784fe3b37b3fcb7820cdab225726d5532a"
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 1281 (2024) — Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_239_hb1281t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1281f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1281t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1281 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Barnes — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c1e1e1b-b812-4640-a1b6-d9df3a1d70ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).