---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises"
description: "Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Maryland HB 404 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "D. Barnes", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Luedtke", "Mosby", "Patterson", "Smith", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846dc34e-2359-4f40-9217-eba87961302c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0404?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a94eb7bc6a941439a037bcce9d026d87a587cbbd4ccb6e120472d6df415a529d"
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 HB 404 (2020) — Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_194_hb0404t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0404f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0404t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-29** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-14** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 194 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/846dc34e-2359-4f40-9217-eba87961302c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).