---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight"
description: "Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "Maryland SB 705 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f97e6324-6238-4755-a9b3-a949d1c83251"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0705?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e736f9dd174b1fba170ac9a5a958cef95ce1e5cb56344ebf6ed4bd4ab70abcd9"
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 705 (2025) — Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_846_sb0705t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Information Technology - Reporting Guidelines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0705f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0705t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-14** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-17** Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-25** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 846 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f97e6324-6238-4755-a9b3-a949d1c83251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).