republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/sb-496.md

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Bill	Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act	Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	SB 496	Maryland SB 496 (2021)	bill		enacted	Administration Augustine Beidle Benson Carozza Carter Corderman Eckardt Edwards Elfreth Ellis Feldman Ferguson Griffith Guzzone Hayes Hester Hettleman Jackson Kagan Kelley King Klausmeier Kramer Lam Lee McCray Patterson Peters Pinsky President Rosapepe Salling Simonaire Smith Sydnor Waldstreicher Washington West Young Zucker	4	27	4	2021-01-20	2021-02-15	openstates	ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0496?ys=2021RS&search=True	6931b942cdc7cb302f6b4bd3ef40f5ed350ce26e81feb378794c9a1af1ce119e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 496 (2021) — Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — 130–1 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — 130–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Administration — primary (person)
• Augustine — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Benson — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Corderman — primary (person)
• Eckardt — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Kelley — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Klausmeier — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• McCray — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Peters — primary (person)
• Pinsky — primary (person)
• President — primary (person)
• Rosapepe — primary (person)
• Salling — primary (person)
• Simonaire — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• Washington — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-20 First Reading Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2021-01-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
• 2021-02-03 Favorable with Amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-03 Committee Amendment {
• 2021-02-03 Favorable with Amendments Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-03 Floor Amendment {
• 2021-02-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-02-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-08 Referred Ways and Means Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
• 2021-02-11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-12 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-12 Floor Amendment {
• 2021-02-12 Floor Committee Amendment {
• 2021-02-12 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
• 2021-02-12 Floor Committee Amendment {
• 2021-02-12 Floor Amendment {
• 2021-02-12 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-02-12 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
• 2021-02-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-12 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2021-02-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-12 Passed Enrolled
• 2021-02-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fadb473d-0a70-4426-90af-54835f0520ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).