---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Maryland HB 521 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boteler", "Boyce", "Buckel", "C. Branch", "Cain", "Cardin", "D. Barnes", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Guyton", "Hartman", "Hettleman", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Kaiser", "Lierman", "Lisanti", "Long", "Luedtke", "McComas", "Mosby", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Rose", "Shoemaker", "Smith", "Solomon", "Valderrama", "Washington", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/438390c6-a7e9-44f6-832f-0d95e6c46bff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0521?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "24a2cc3128c5f5f40603604bee59624137083d044f5783b09e9d8565ec03b5a9"
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 521 (2020) — Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_231_hb0521t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0521f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0521t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boteler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- C. Branch — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shoemaker — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 231 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/438390c6-a7e9-44f6-832f-0d95e6c46bff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).