---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "Maryland SB 583 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f53fdb6-20dc-4396-9477-38c2c0fc774f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0583?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dd5733b38048f8d3531f338bd3ad7dd99f834d94250964cf7e4e83b5f03ee59b"
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 583 (2020) — Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_232_sb0583t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0583f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0583t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 232 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f53fdb6-20dc-4396-9477-38c2c0fc774f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).