---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act"
description: "Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 898"
citation: "Maryland HB 898 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Lewis", "Moreno", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Ross", "Ruff", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Watson", "White Holland", "Wims", "Wu", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d69fed1a-7a27-4b78-9bd0-d84d23755b72"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0898?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "257ad928fc6be2539f5984001a78721a20924de5433f2efd3f2654a28842fbb4"
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 898 (2026) — Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_352_hb0898e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0898e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0898f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0898t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **113–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Reassigned to Ways and Means Economic Matters
- **2026-02-06** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d69fed1a-7a27-4b78-9bd0-d84d23755b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).