---
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: "SB 1020"
citation: "Maryland SB 1020 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Architects", "Engineers", "Procurement", "Public Works", "Board of", "Residency", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2431be-a3a7-46df-a16d-e3a6bf1224c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1020&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "27f9d3957b6fc25c79dc35ad633cc30c5ebb29eaee6dfaaac67022c270405540"
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 1020 (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/sb/sb1020f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-12** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f2431be-a3a7-46df-a16d-e3a6bf1224c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).