---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "Maryland HB 654 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd69c6c-dc12-4ac9-aee2-13f0a3c51ab8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0654?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0a7013d172de1f34b1935a540375ad81d19ec8b8cfee9ee7f0a7a0c3b0dea9e8"
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 654 (2021) — Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_205_hb0654e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0654e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0654f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0654t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd69c6c-dc12-4ac9-aee2-13f0a3c51ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).