2023 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB245: Minority Business Enterprise Program - Reporting
Legislative Summary
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to include an attestation that all units required to report are represented in its annual report beginning December 31, 2023; requiring the Office to conduct a certain periodic audit to ensure the accuracy of the attestation; requiring a certain annual report to be submitted to the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight; etc.
Bill History
1/23/2023
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
1/24/2023
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
2/27/2023
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/28/2023
Favorable with Amendments {743520/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
2/28/2023
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/2/2023
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
House of Delegates
3/3/2023
Referred Budget and Taxation
Senate
3/23/2023
Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
4/7/2023
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
Senate
4/7/2023
Favorable Adopted
Senate
4/7/2023
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/10/2023
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/10/2023
Returned Passed
House of Delegates
4/24/2023
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 145
House of Delegates
Amendments
Favorable with Amendments 743520/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 743520/1 Adopted
2/28/2023Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading Passed
4/10/2023
47
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/2/2023
135
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/24/2023)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 36
Republican: 7
Primary Sponsor

Jamila Woods
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (42)
Gabriel Acevero
Democrat
Tiffany Alston
Democrat
Heather Bagnall
Democrat
Darryl Barnes
Democrat
Harry Bhandari
Democrat
Adrian Boafo
Democrat
Nick Charles
Democrat
Bonnie Cullison
Democrat
Pam Guzzone
Democrat
Kevin Harris
Democrat
Marvin Holmes
Democrat
Andre Johnson
Democrat
Steve Johnson
Democrat
Anne Kaiser
Democrat
Ariana Kelly
Democrat
Robbyn Lewis
Democrat
Jeffrie Long
Democrat
Aletheia McCaskill
Democrat
Cheryl Pasteur
Democrat
Scott Phillips
Democrat
Sheila Ruth
Democrat
Stuart Schmidt
Republican
Karen Simpson
Democrat
Deni Taveras
Democrat
Kym Taylor
Democrat
Karen Toles
Democrat
Veronica Turner
Democrat
Kriselda Valderrama
Democrat
Jennifer White Holland
Democrat
Nicole Williams
Democrat
Brian Chisholm
Republican
Terri Hill
Democrat
Tom Hutchinson
Republican
Ken Kerr
Democrat
Nicholaus Kipke
Republican
Lesley Lopez
Democrat
Ashanti Martinez
Democrat
Matt Morgan
Republican
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Democrat
Teresa Reilly
Republican
Samuel Rosenberg
Democrat
Kathy Szeliga
Republican