Maryland Senate Bill 722 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-23 - Hearing 2/23 at 1:15 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the Department of Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation to assist units of State government in identifying and evaluating qualified minority business enterprises to help achieve the objective for greater use of minority business enterprises; establishing the Department in the Executive Branch; transferring authority over from the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority; transferring the responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business affairs to the Department; etc.

Department of Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation - Established

Sen. Katie Hester [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-23	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:15 p.m.
2021-02-23	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-10	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-02-05	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB62 (Crossfiled) 2020-12-23 - Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business Regulation	2	103.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	14	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	109	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	512	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Economic Development	5	555	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1605.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1605.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	345	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	421	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	13	3302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	13	3305.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	20	1004	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Housing and Community Development	4	501.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	20	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	24	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	704.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	10A	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	305	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	308	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	503	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	505	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	14	604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	222	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	2	1505.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	8	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1A-10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1A-23	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1A-36	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	20C-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	303.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	303.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	305	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	305.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Personnel and Pensions	21	116	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Personnel and Pensions	35	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0722?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0722f.pdf