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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures"
+description: "State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 213"
+citation: "Maryland SB 213 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lewis Young"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-09-09"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c9021c-e64f-4da3-a7cb-884bdf5976cd"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0213?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "3c42cbf2709789a64e0ac7d782e0a69af05543b9be2520f79af4a2fb434fde5d"
+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 SB 213 (2026) — State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_395_sb0213t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0213f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0213t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
+- **2026-01-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Rereferred to Government, Labor, and Elections
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8c9021c-e64f-4da3-a7cb-884bdf5976cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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