---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)"
description: "Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 658"
citation: "Maryland HB 658 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02cfb2b7-c43d-4254-811c-4d7a224aa42d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0658?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc96b90169e8f48ddc1dd9e8773973fd7e2a5c1272699e1a2e0b36626d9270db"
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 658 (2021) — Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_581_hb0658e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0658e.pdf)
3. **First - Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0658f.pdf)
4. **Third - Transforming Manufacturing in a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0658t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **102–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 581 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02cfb2b7-c43d-4254-811c-4d7a224aa42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).