---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernization of State Financial Systems - 21st Century Financial Systems Enterprise"
description: "Modernization of State Financial Systems - 21st Century Financial Systems Enterprise"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 659"
citation: "Maryland SB 659 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Comptroller", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c21682-0294-4b64-be91-1e742e7088ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0659?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c4c00b8e960781e2c1d5186b4a71d20254880034e450ad53ed22ab7b6cc87098"
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 659 (2023) — Modernization of State Financial Systems - 21st Century Financial Systems Enterprise

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Modernization of State Financial Systems - 21st Century Financial Systems Enterprise** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_22_sb0659t.pdf)
2. **First - 21st Century Financial Systems Council - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0659f.pdf)
3. **Third - Modernization of State Financial Systems - 21st Century Financial Systems Enterprise** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0659t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Office of the Comptroller — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9c21682-0294-4b64-be91-1e742e7088ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).