---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions"
description: "State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Maryland SB 77 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-30"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f27f25-b358-4ea5-bfe4-223936489861"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0077?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fe3aff3cd600796f727a44ae1a95fbb9823da42f0ad24c3b9e0e4fa7c007bda3"
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 77 (2026) — State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_373_sb0077t.pdf)
2. **First - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0077f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0077t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-19** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2f27f25-b358-4ea5-bfe4-223936489861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).