republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-983.md

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Bill	Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)	Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 983	Maryland SB 983 (2019)	bill	State Government - Procurement Certifications Contracts Evidence Federal Government General Services Department of Minors Procurement Public Works Board of Records Rules and Regulations Small Business State Universities and Colleges Transportation Department of Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Hayes	1	18	2	2019-02-18	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6d770630-5536-47bc-ae26-69da6a204ff3	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB983&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	f89dd3a179a6e6efaa1fd9233333845f4b5e51417954ecce7a4131d920f8875d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 983 (2019) — Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification (Small and Minority Business Certification Streamlining Act of 2019)

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 133–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hayes — primary (person)
• Augustine — cosponsor (person)
• Ellis — cosponsor (person)
• Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-18 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
• 2019-02-26 Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-07 Hearing canceled
• 2019-03-07 Hearing 3/12 at 10:00 a.m.
• 2019-03-28 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Favorable with Amendments {684936/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-29 Third Reading Passed (42-0) passage
• 2019-04-01 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
• 2019-04-02 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-04 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-05 Third Reading Passed (133-0) passage
• 2019-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-30 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d770630-5536-47bc-ae26-69da6a204ff3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).