---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment"
description: "Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 639"
citation: "Maryland SB 639 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb0b931-f63e-4722-b7f4-24850d426181"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0639?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2574ab6d1f128ffaabb4a6f6b9913cf60b3a4eeeaae90fef58ff49c44f230a46"
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 639 (2021) — Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_180_sb0639t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0639f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Technology Development Corporation – Inclusion Fund – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0639t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdb0b931-f63e-4722-b7f4-24850d426181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).