---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver"
description: "State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Maryland SB 194 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/704a3e61-2b8e-4d33-8456-19c374816bfc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0194?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c22df0319cc659614a9357e5f4b54b269e170e59a190c5fa6b6f4ccbac1d034"
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 194 (2024) — State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_578_sb0194t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Waiver** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0194f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0194t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–14** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/18 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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 578 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/704a3e61-2b8e-4d33-8456-19c374816bfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).