---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)"
description: "Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Maryland SB 473 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carter", "Charles", "Elfreth", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Lam", "McKay", "President", "Ready", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee48e307-4910-4fe7-9a33-a51999a2e1f6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0473?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "73d14bcc3912536148c60a7437367fd1ec28a931d8ff49dc7a7bba11ec5ef842"
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 473 (2024) — Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_711_sb0473t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0473f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0473t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee48e307-4910-4fe7-9a33-a51999a2e1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).