republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-4.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization	Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 4	Maryland SB 4 (2017)	bill	State Government - Procurement Commerce and Business Contracts Data Discrimination Industry and Technology Minorities Procurement Reports Women	enacted	Chair	1	19	3	2016-11-15	2017-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/efc2679b-639f-481e-bb5f-dbc0fea114bc	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB4&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	f37c8fa6fca6a9685e1427609a5c75b105be79a3e30d342e9695b8b35c27a86d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 4 (2017) — Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 137–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Office of Minority Affairs) — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-15 Pre-filed introduction
• 2017-01-11 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-01-04 Hearing 1/12 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-01-09 Hearing canceled
• 2017-01-27 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-07 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Favorable with Amendments {904138/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-10 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-03-10 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-31 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Favorable with Amendments {846587/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-04-04 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-2) passage
• 2017-04-05 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2017-04-05 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2017-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efc2679b-639f-481e-bb5f-dbc0fea114bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).