---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)"
description: "Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 983"
citation: "Maryland SB 983 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Certifications", "Contracts", "Evidence", "Federal Government", "General Services", "Department of", "Minors", "Procurement", "Public Works", "Board of", "Records", "Rules and Regulations", "Small Business", "State Universities and Colleges", "Transportation", "Department of", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d770630-5536-47bc-ae26-69da6a204ff3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB983&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f89dd3a179a6e6efaa1fd9233333845f4b5e51417954ecce7a4131d920f8875d"
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 983 (2019) — Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)

## 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/sb0983f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2019-02-26** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-07** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-07** Hearing 3/12 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {684936/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d770630-5536-47bc-ae26-69da6a204ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).