---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits"
description: "Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 917"
citation: "Maryland HB 917 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed79de7f-35b8-4a6d-8e37-0840a81d29d6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0917?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9895a912a70904066688ad840a9b8143841eabca8a1b4dcde12ab06bcaba0a31"
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 917 (2022) — Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_646_hb0917t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0917f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Award Limits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0917t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **109–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-11** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 646 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed79de7f-35b8-4a6d-8e37-0840a81d29d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).