---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations"
description: "Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Maryland HB 1342 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd67628-b98d-4e93-8b00-903fd8ebf543"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1342?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c0ea533eb5659f3bcdae45cad818f0a8fac03453ad0caa0be2ccb93a1948dc36"
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 1342 (2021) — Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_115_hb1342t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1342f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1342t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2021-02-23** Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dd67628-b98d-4e93-8b00-903fd8ebf543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).