---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Preferences - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Janitorial Products"
description: "Procurement Preferences - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Janitorial Products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1446"
citation: "Maryland HB 1446 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Administrative Agencies", "Blind Persons", "Committees and Commissions", "Community Facilities and Services", "Contractors", "Developmental Disabilities", "Disabilities", "Industry and Technology", "Prices", "Procurement", "Vocational Rehabilitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95572d6-96f8-437b-8317-1add9f6d74d3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1446&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b05d3fe6eff453b63b303ff9f9d2838b1a04a2522b96569953271a6412a14853"
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 1446 (2017) — Procurement Preferences - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Janitorial Products

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1446f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {526180/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {574335/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d95572d6-96f8-437b-8317-1add9f6d74d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).