---
type: "Bill"
title: "States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization"
description: "States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "Maryland SB 780 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e9662d-a02a-4ce4-97dc-b9c110897632"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0780?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "17ece50f960073bae20e8ec0c2aafb9f92cb7ac1c67466dcf05aabe783e5c447"
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 780 (2021) — States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_3_sb0780e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0780e.pdf)
3. **First - States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0780f.pdf)
4. **Third - States of Emergency – Emergency Procurement and Budget Amendments – Notice and Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0780t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pinsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Appropriations Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-03-29** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-06** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 3 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e9662d-a02a-4ce4-97dc-b9c110897632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).