---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference"
description: "Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 835"
citation: "Maryland HB 835 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1485a13c-abfb-4467-b0fc-c375dba42ff6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0835?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b0751e9839f7f8ff3b76ec33a4d3cc6c04e939d28963a5155336131a8ce7dd6c"
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 835 (2024) — Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_683_hb0835t.pdf)
2. **First - Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0835f.pdf)
3. **Third - Calvert County - Procurement - Local Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0835t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1485a13c-abfb-4467-b0fc-c375dba42ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).