---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program"
description: "Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 790"
citation: "Maryland HB 790 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57b34f4-628c-4283-a4e3-8ad0e9c17a85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0790?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e3965ddfe3169cbe98b2fec925461512b31fdf1da0fdaf5e0bd55306ceeea304"
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 790 (2021) — Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_78_hb0790t.pdf)
2. **First - Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0790f.pdf)
3. **Third - Procurement – Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Reserve Program and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprise Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0790t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- P. Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e57b34f4-628c-4283-a4e3-8ad0e9c17a85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).