---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting"
description: "Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 861"
citation: "Maryland HB 861 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Embry", "Fair", "Kaiser", "Lewis", "Pasteur", "Rose", "Ruff", "Smith", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc37b2c8-7c07-4583-bc9f-bb83cb5aeef3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0861?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5b1871dcc0c93bcbcd8ae4c4ab96d6a21a422afa8b98f062875d1840e40257de"
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 861 (2026) — Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_hb0861t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0861f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0861t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc37b2c8-7c07-4583-bc9f-bb83cb5aeef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).