---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Emergency and Expedited Procurements - Revisions and Reporting"
description: "State Procurement - Emergency and Expedited Procurements - Revisions and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 829"
citation: "Maryland SB 829 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7be0d8-0b92-443f-8d43-cb32765b046b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0829?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bf1e559f9694bc35c76a46ea98cfc8ed6cc6117963f7fb418b5aff21fe1bb757"
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 829 (2021) — State Procurement - Emergency and Expedited Procurements - Revisions and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Emergency and Expedited Procurements - Revisions and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_4_sb0829t.pdf)
2. **First - Emergency and Expedited Procurements – Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0829f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Emergency and Expedited Procurements - Revisions and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0829t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **117–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **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 4 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/3e7be0d8-0b92-443f-8d43-cb32765b046b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).