---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity"
description: "State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "Maryland SB 859 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb0036f-d8d7-4983-a6d8-55ae0e80c513"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0859?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "41bd6a180f3a69f4dec20658ad981ab4149be503b80ab02d11348b244f1c9b44"
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 859 (2026) — State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_367_sb0859t.pdf)
2. **First - State Personnel - State Fiscal Leadership Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0859f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0859t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 367 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb0036f-d8d7-4983-a6d8-55ae0e80c513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).