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type: "Bill"
title: "Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations"
description: "Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 853"
citation: "Maryland HB 853 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/103e1ccd-25e9-4001-aadb-e815e914f4dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0853?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8803863a2f0b1184e7d45650169c416816a89bf6cd83f62bedad0296e98c2354"
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 853 (2021) — Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_116_hb0853e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0853e.pdf)
3. **First - Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0853f.pdf)
4. **Third - Small, Minority, and WomenOwned Businesses Account Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0853t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **1310** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1320** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/103e1ccd-25e9-4001-aadb-e815e914f4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).