---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment"
description: "Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1473"
citation: "Maryland HB 1473 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b616546-62f5-4e30-a24f-bf09170e1206"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1473?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a0322db86428a1a3e3f92522ecd675a3df7a0af86fdd0480f895cf9f87f5131a"
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 1473 (2026) — Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_378_hb1473e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1473e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1473f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1473t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **103–26** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **127–5** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b616546-62f5-4e30-a24f-bf09170e1206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).