---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment"
description: "Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "Maryland HB 850 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Charkoudian", "Cullison", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pruski", "Rogers", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Valderrama", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8904bdc9-67a6-420c-89ef-bf841bc3be25"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0850?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c5233df1918f60b02443a6b529a360c9176606df8f2b98509408d389f83446db"
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 850 (2025) — Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_717_hb0850e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0850e.pdf)
3. **First - Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0850f.pdf)
4. **Third - Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0850t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — 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.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8904bdc9-67a6-420c-89ef-bf841bc3be25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).