---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)"
description: "Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 798"
citation: "Maryland HB 798 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6b4785-e90e-4562-b59a-f4d8f9fb1cb5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0798?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5160edf1e8ef9a0259137326c939cc9939f6d5030a9e46f8d308f4cf1c1f0378"
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 798 (2026) — Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_391_hb0798e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0798e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0798f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Accounts - Management Fees (Small Business Increased Access to Capital Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0798t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **124–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b6b4785-e90e-4562-b59a-f4d8f9fb1cb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).