SB0388 — Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 27, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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11 sponsors
1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering the distribution of certain video lottery terminal proceeds; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account; providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain information technology services, digital codes, and digital products; requiring the Comptroller and Department of Commerce to evaluate the film production activity credit; etc.
Bill Text
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Read SB0388 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- President · Primary
- Administration · Cosponsor
- Senator Malcolm Augustine · Cosponsor
- Senator Pamela Beidle · Cosponsor
- Senator Benjamin Brooks · Cosponsor
- Senator Nick Charles · Cosponsor
- Senator Kevin M. Harris · Cosponsor
- Senator Shelly Hettleman · Cosponsor
- Senator Nancy J. King · Cosponsor
- Senator Clarence K. Lam · Cosponsor
- Senator Sara Love · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on · 10 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- President
Co-sponsors (10)
- Administration
- Senator Malcolm Augustine Democrat
- Senator Pamela Beidle Democrat
- Senator Benjamin Brooks Democrat
- Senator Nick Charles Democrat
- Senator Kevin M. Harris Democrat
- Senator Shelly Hettleman Democrat
- Senator Nancy J. King Democrat
- Senator Clarence K. Lam Democrat
- Senator Sara Love Democrat
Not signed on (177)
177 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 177 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 125 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 7% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (47)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB0388 do?
- Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering the distribution of certain video lottery terminal proceeds; providing for certain requirements relating to the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account; providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain information technology services, digital codes, and digital products; requiring the Comptroller and Department of Commerce to evaluate the film production activity credit; etc.
- Who sponsors SB0388?
- SB0388 is sponsored by President, Administration, Senator Malcolm Augustine (Democrat), Senator Pamela Beidle (Democrat), Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Senator Nick Charles (Democrat), Senator Kevin M. Harris (Democrat), Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Senator Nancy J. King (Democrat), Senator Clarence K. Lam (Democrat), and Senator Sara Love (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB0388?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 27, 2026. Enacted.
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