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Bill	Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)	Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 473	Maryland SB 473 (2024)	bill		enacted	Administration Augustine Beidle Brooks Carter Charles Elfreth Ferguson Gile Hershey Hester Hettleman Lam McKay President Ready Waldstreicher West	3	15	2	2024-01-22	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/ee48e307-4910-4fe7-9a33-a51999a2e1f6	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0473?ys=2024RS&search=True	73d14bcc3912536148c60a7437367fd1ec28a931d8ff49dc7a7bba11ec5ef842	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. First - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/ee48e307-4910-4fe7-9a33-a51999a2e1f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).