---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs"
description: "State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Maryland SB 127 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-08-14"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c73455a2-01bf-4c6e-8489-fc68172efc06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0127?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "414affa7b4e59d79af237733351c0657aa1f65767334991f2885eca5adbc95a9"
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 127 (2025) — State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_163_sb0127e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0127e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0127f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0127t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **112–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/22 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c73455a2-01bf-4c6e-8489-fc68172efc06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).