---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate"
description: "State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 782"
citation: "Maryland SB 782 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41fce164-b6d0-443f-9979-71a74879b4a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0782?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7d9b092908fe06297302f03d716cf8bc8bec5cc97b3dc68686ba8a7968387130"
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 782 (2023) — State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_169_sb0782t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Purchasing Preferences - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Recycled Aggregate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0782f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0782t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — 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.
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41fce164-b6d0-443f-9979-71a74879b4a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).