---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization"
description: "Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Maryland SB 4 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Commerce and Business", "Contracts", "Data", "Discrimination", "Industry and Technology", "Minorities", "Procurement", "Reports", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc2679b-639f-481e-bb5f-dbc0fea114bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB4&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "f37c8fa6fca6a9685e1427609a5c75b105be79a3e30d342e9695b8b35c27a86d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 4 (2017) — Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0004f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Office of Minority Affairs) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-09** Hearing canceled
- **2017-01-27** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {904138/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments {846587/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-2) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efc2679b-639f-481e-bb5f-dbc0fea114bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).