---
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: "SB 598"
citation: "Maryland SB 598 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e39ddf-9845-451e-ba28-4216645ec5a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0598?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eb1116dd6028107b4e82cdaeb9d08dc74defe5aebf3af37c7c0ce1a2438e676f"
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 598 (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_79_sb0598t.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/sb/sb0598f.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/sb/sb0598t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-17** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5e39ddf-9845-451e-ba28-4216645ec5a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).