---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)"
description: "Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 582"
citation: "Maryland HB 582 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Conaway", "Edelson", "Embry", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Griffith", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Hill", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Love", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d9dbb97-09e0-49b3-82b3-5656aad85fd9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0582?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2e4e1278c29e67669c98ca80eabeba55f00c2bc6b937d1dc8a94736dfb324141"
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 582 (2024) — Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_710_hb0582t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0582f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0582t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d9dbb97-09e0-49b3-82b3-5656aad85fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).