---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment"
description: "Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 838"
citation: "Maryland HB 838 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "McKay", "Thiam", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2691373c-09da-4564-b3fa-7f7ad3099551"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0838?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9cf2b8e89bf46e4e1f699b4b5a98b06a3e521d021d3b5cd009c112890ea0b353"
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 838 (2022) — Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment

## 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 - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_62_hb0838t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0838f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0838t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Thiam — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2022-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2691373c-09da-4564-b3fa-7f7ad3099551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).