---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals"
description: "Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 442"
citation: "Maryland SB 442 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Benson", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "King", "Lam", "McCray", "Patterson", "Peters", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Washington", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3258f9d1-d4b9-4bfb-9cba-c4c9de18927a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0442?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9bc7520c52aa5596cc00ff077884b435b248c143129d54dd13aa7a1c78f1ce7"
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 442 (2020) — Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_sb0442e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0442e.pdf)
3. **First - Public-Private Partnership Agreements - Minority Business Enterprise Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0442f.pdf)
4. **Third - Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships and Video Lottery Terminals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0442t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **128–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-11** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 553 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3258f9d1-d4b9-4bfb-9cba-c4c9de18927a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).