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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions"
+description: "State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1578"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1578 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7682e316-8ef5-4b89-abcf-66ce4f0e1ece"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1578?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2a3640b0ea0f647d70656f8976251ddc9a9576c3ca9f58d71e813c1df43723f2"
+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 1578 (2026) — State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_82_hb1578t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1578f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1578t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **98–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 82 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7682e316-8ef5-4b89-abcf-66ce4f0e1ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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