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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 388
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 43
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Love
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Harris
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Henson
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
NO: 0
ABSENT: 4
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Ellis
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Benson
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
YES: 125
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Adams
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Turner
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Behler
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Shetty
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Smith
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Odom
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Ziegler
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (125-10)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Favorable with Amendments {783029/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Referred Ways and Means Economic Matters
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
- Favorable with Amendments {103823/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 30, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) ActPDF
- Amendments {103823/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) ActPDF
- Amendments {783029/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) ActPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Budget and TaxationHTML
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- B&T Testimony, INFO -- Libber, Matt
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Hunt, Ethan (Anne Arundel County)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dorsey, Debbie (MFIC)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Levine, Brian (Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Bagwell, Ashlie
- B&T Testimony, FWA -- Snow, Ryan (R&R Solutions)
- B&T Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Black, Thereasa
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Evans, Gerard (Evans & Associates, LLC)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sadowski Jr., J. Thomas (Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO))
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Colbert, Renata (Motion Picture Association)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- B&T Testimony, FWA -- Khanna, Rohit (Town of Somerset Council)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Twesigye, Kayenda (Baltimore County Government)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Ocasio, Hector (App Beacon)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hughes, Senior VP Jim (University of Maryland, Baltimore)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- McCarthy, Jaime (Greater Washington Partnership)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Coker, Harry (Maryland Department of Commerce)
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Ball, Calvin (Howard County Executive)
- B&T Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Tinelli, Heather (Maryland Counties Economic Development Partnership)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Anderson, Karrington (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Bridges, Tony (Governor's Office)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Ni, Tom (Anne Arundel County Government County Executive's Office)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)


