---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Commerce – Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer – Study"
description: "Department of Commerce – Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer – Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "Maryland SB 574 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Commerce and Business", "Commerce", "Department of", "Federal Government", "Grants", "Industry and Technology", "Reports", "Small Business", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e5ba25-a9c4-4d8e-a6b6-b22bd24031bf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB574&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "a2cb6ea70da39952820c1d365d3bddf645aba8713779db744cc1760eb47b6317"
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 574 (2019) — Department of Commerce – Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer – Study

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0574f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {167774/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Special Order until 3/14 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {167774/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {615362/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9e5ba25-a9c4-4d8e-a6b6-b22bd24031bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).