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State and County Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program Participation Goals

Sponsor: Arthur Ellis (District 28)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: State Government - ProcurementStatus: Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General, to establish a certain overall percentage participation goal for certain minority business enterprises; requiring the Special Secretary to consider certain information when establishing the goal; requiring each unit of State government to structure procurement procedures in a certain manner to try to achieve a certain goal; etc.

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Testimony (6)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVElliott, Richard DeShayPrince George's County Young DemocratsWritten (PDF)
FAVIchile-Mckenzie, OngisaSouthern Marylanders for Racial EqualityPosition only
FAVMoore, JacoblobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Ellis, Senator EllislegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
UNFRobertson, EllenMaryland Department of General ServicesWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMoore, JacobRegistered for: Town of Upper Marlboro; John Lavoie Representing Maryland Cares for Baseball Coalition; Richard Dipietro - Boonsboro OTB; PB Tech & Advisory, LLC; Allegany County Department of Economic & Community Development; First Pic, Inc.