---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission"
description: "Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Maryland SB 516 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85661a04-eb4a-4d25-9f21-6436610e8271"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0516?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c2498ee830876ab7a4cbd2c07d7a07a32071a9ed466a32885f20424243a4b9ce"
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 516 (2024) — Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_623_sb0516e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0516e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0516f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0516t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2024-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85661a04-eb4a-4d25-9f21-6436610e8271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).