---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
description: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "Maryland HB 1459 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Hinebaugh", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3122422-5e13-4c97-86ff-59980d42549c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1459?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1d4b1228aa0ca1c58be4a70ebe7b26d7f3d350f2567989912a6ef165677295af"
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 1459 (2025) — Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_380_hb1459t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1459f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1459t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3122422-5e13-4c97-86ff-59980d42549c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).