---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
description: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Maryland SB 286 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Contracts", "Damages", "Disabilities", "Federal Government", "Information Technology", "Department of", "Liability", "Notices", "Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/567e5e38-1810-4368-baf1-d1f13508cf64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB286&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "44295b108115d5e65fc329cca5b6600aab3c3c86b9f2d895e794fb7fd010054e"
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 286 (2018) — State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

## 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/sb0286f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable with Amendments {124637/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {616585/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/567e5e38-1810-4368-baf1-d1f13508cf64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).