---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations"
description: "Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 855"
citation: "Maryland HB 855 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b535d409-f848-4aa7-99d7-8ae510aa48e2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0855?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5d6444cc0cc53121d36545962db253c8a0d69b38504f70724cd6f02ef0d595a3"
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 855 (2025) — Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb0855t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0855f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0855t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b535d409-f848-4aa7-99d7-8ae510aa48e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).