---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption"
description: "Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Maryland SB 253 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76b3b35b-87b4-4082-bc7d-f334e42df48b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0253?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "282265d8ece0388c9bba8eb53acebf3456f5df51e72601ccdc6c91921f33cf47"
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 253 (2024) — Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_88_sb0253t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0253f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Natural Resources - Pay-For-Success Contracts - Procurement Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0253t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/18 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 88 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76b3b35b-87b4-4082-bc7d-f334e42df48b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).