---
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: "SB 770"
citation: "Maryland SB 770 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson", "James"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a127f2fd-b1eb-438c-95d5-c8b9c433ac34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0770?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "765ede39b43f78e23760a77df5003807d20e7642b8ef8dd8bfad7b637a8b6f41"
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 770 (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_377_sb0770t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0770f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0770t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator James) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a127f2fd-b1eb-438c-95d5-c8b9c433ac34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).