---
type: "Bill"
title: "Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects"
description: "Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Maryland SB 982 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f18539db-ce0f-4312-9167-a118c6344c71"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0982?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "42e0c53b88efb6d444fafa39e7cc36dfc2f2b4ac2b60cddacca6afb359a94098"
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 982 (2024) — Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_497_sb0982e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0982e.pdf)
3. **First - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0982f.pdf)
4. **Third - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0982t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-02-07** Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f18539db-ce0f-4312-9167-a118c6344c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).