---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation"
description: "Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 826"
citation: "Maryland HB 826 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c58c2b-06c4-4cda-b04d-df659b8b8686"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0826?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b9b47d1d6fab802c422ad80ea26a5b9e3a5ac2d2f48b85a645093591386ba26b"
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 826 (2025) — Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_619_hb0826e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0826e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0826f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Interdepartmental Advisory Committee - Repeal and Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0826t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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.
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c58c2b-06c4-4cda-b04d-df659b8b8686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).