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HB 816

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Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Participation Goal Scorecard

Sponsor: N. Scott Phillips (District 10)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: State Government - ProcurementStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 213 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop a scorecard to evaluate units of State government on the units' performance toward meeting certain participation goals under the Minority Business Enterprise Program and the Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program; establishing a certain grading scale for the scorecard; and requiring grades achieved by each unit to be published each year on the Office's website.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSTEVENSON, DONNAEarly Morning Software, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVMuldrow, AdrianT.A.M.E AdvocacyPosition only
FAVDelegate Phillips, Delegate PhillipslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVPhillips, N. ScottIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
INFOGardner, DavonGovernor's Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs (GOSBA)Written (PDF)
INFORobertson, EllenMaryland Department of General ServicesWritten (PDF)
INFOEvans, HayleylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

INFOEvans, HayleyRegistered for: Academy Bus; Accenture LLP; Arundel Amusements/Bingo World; Atmosphere DC Dickerson Property Owners LLC; Beltway Fine Wine; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence