---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties"
description: "Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Maryland SB 451 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64a35b0d-b136-415a-8cb5-28b5168268d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0451?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "68b0a947a31988298ff00945cc64e79431715d26d0e593c2a68afc962cf68005"
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 451 (2023) — Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_27_sb0451e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0451e.pdf)
3. **First - Procurement Improvement Council - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0451f.pdf)
4. **Third - Procurement Improvement Council - Membership and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0451t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64a35b0d-b136-415a-8cb5-28b5168268d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).