---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race"
description: "State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 697"
citation: "Maryland SB 697 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
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/af69dd5e-4e79-46f2-8cdf-c1b1db4ee618"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0697?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c68de8b6fcbb92137f7bc39d0b2b45f6e046b88ccdeaf4021b38936e6b5a2165"
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 697 (2021) — State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_322_sb0697t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0697f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0697t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — 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.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 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 322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af69dd5e-4e79-46f2-8cdf-c1b1db4ee618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).