---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network"
description: "Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 999"
citation: "Maryland HB 999 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff238e3-9189-4070-b561-9da092a58294"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0999?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "657769c2f7430a20699f17cfc68e7c043f519c475859078ed63108cddbf49b5d"
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 999 (2024) — Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network

## 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** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_hb0999t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0999f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0999t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff238e3-9189-4070-b561-9da092a58294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).