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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
+description: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1088"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1088 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Blind Persons", "Civil Actions", "Contracts", "Damages", "Exemptions", "Federal Government", "Information Technology", "Department of", "Liability", "Notices", "Procurement", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Time"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-07"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb57279-17b1-41c9-86bf-778bd70af78b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1088&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "069041707891828e3126241993ba158f57eebad8f810d5c560133925136fdac8"
+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 1088 (2018) — State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1088f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Miele — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
+- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
+- Platt — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Saab — cosponsor (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {906183/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {364438/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb57279-17b1-41c9-86bf-778bd70af78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+