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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Procurement Reform Act of 2025"
+description: "Procurement Reform Act of 2025"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 500"
+citation: "Maryland HB 500 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Cardin", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hornberger", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Simpson", "Speaker", "Stein", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman", "Wu"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49cc48ea-3807-41d9-81de-ad67d8dee4cb"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0500?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e95efa002b1f4ed8c7ec6668d1707a47dee2abea28c64cbe8e17413468305be4"
+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 500 (2025) — Procurement Reform Act of 2025
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_601_hb0500e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500e.pdf)
+3. **First - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **125–12** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **118–19** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kaiser — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Speaker — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Adopted
+- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49cc48ea-3807-41d9-81de-ad67d8dee4cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+