SB 302 Maryland Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations

SB 302 removes fixed dollar limits for Maryland's Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program, which provides matching funds to small businesses receiving federal SBIR/STTR grants. Specifically, it repeals current caps of $25,000 for Phase I awards and $75,000 for Phase II awards. Instead, the program will now allow the Board to approve exceptions for larger awards if deemed necessary to serve community needs. The bill maintains existing annual limits (20 Phase I awards, 10 Phase II awards) and lifetime caps (three total awards per business), but eliminates the previous dollar-based restrictions.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Apr 22, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill update primarily adds procedural metadata (committee report status, adoption dates, and bill number references) and reorganizes the formatting of the existing text. No substantive policy changes were made to the program's funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements.

TECHNICAL

Added committee report status (Favorable), Senate adoption date (February 11, 2025), and bill reference number (HB 1450) to the header.

Added signature lines for Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Delegates at the end of the document.

Reformatted section numbering and line breaks throughout the text, changing from a single continuous numbering system to a subsection-based structure (e.g., 10-474. 1, 10-474. 2, etc.).

Removed blank lines and legacy formatting markers from the original text.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 18, 2025

How they voted

45–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 46

Feb 13, 2025

D Democratic33

32 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican13

13 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201

executive

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned Passed

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Report by Ways and Means

lower

Mar 18, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (133-3-3)

house of delegates

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred Ways and Means

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Adopted

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Report by Finance

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (45-0-1)

senate

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

First Reading Finance

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors