---
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: "SB 499"
citation: "Maryland SB 499 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "McCray", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeaf3eca-af73-4f16-9cd8-533f0fc76ec6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0499?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "65643ef430b2101bc79def47ab437ad9f8f5826b20cb91c0af49ead4a741df00"
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 499 (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_195_sb0499t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0499f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0499t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-04** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 195 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeaf3eca-af73-4f16-9cd8-533f0fc76ec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).