---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Reform Act of 2025"
description: "Procurement Reform Act of 2025"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "Maryland HB 500 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Cardin", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hornberger", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Simpson", "Speaker", "Stein", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49cc48ea-3807-41d9-81de-ad67d8dee4cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0500?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e95efa002b1f4ed8c7ec6668d1707a47dee2abea28c64cbe8e17413468305be4"
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 500 (2025) — Procurement Reform Act of 2025

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_601_hb0500e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500e.pdf)
3. **First - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500f.pdf)
4. **Third - Procurement Reform Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0500t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **118–19** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49cc48ea-3807-41d9-81de-ad67d8dee4cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).