---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises"
description: "Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "Maryland SB 689 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab67d9b-2f90-4797-b433-7be2709acef9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0689?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e695d28e1b78de7b83600599a79bdf237bf7906523107d6019a536b16de7fd17"
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 689 (2021) — Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_258_sb0689t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0689f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Duties of the Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0689t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-17** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab67d9b-2f90-4797-b433-7be2709acef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).