---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement - Architectural Services and Engineering Services - Reciprocal Preference"
description: "Procurement - Architectural Services and Engineering Services - Reciprocal Preference"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Maryland HB 1557 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Architects", "Engineers", "Procurement", "Public Works", "Board of", "Residency", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f73e8093-f79e-4464-899b-41a16a8428bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1557&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ca997fd82ca94e997b146aa2d5627e6d1c7b5cda6b5e73bc880dde130bf03fb4"
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 1557 (2018) — Procurement - Architectural Services and Engineering Services - Reciprocal Preference

## 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/hb1557f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — 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)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {686786/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f73e8093-f79e-4464-899b-41a16a8428bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).