---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment"
description: "Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Maryland HB 13 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-27"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/354cbe3a-c51a-4cde-98ba-6c9db2d8ab4c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0013?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9d7dcee879a4c8a384ac35fb56730194f007d298f1377d721233f9c032d070e6"
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 13 (2022) — Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_159_hb0013t.pdf)
2. **First - Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0013f.pdf)
3. **Third - Procurement – Discriminatory Hiring Practices – Debarment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0013t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/354cbe3a-c51a-4cde-98ba-6c9db2d8ab4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).