---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
description: "State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1088"
citation: "Maryland HB 1088 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Blind Persons", "Civil Actions", "Contracts", "Damages", "Exemptions", "Federal Government", "Information Technology", "Department of", "Liability", "Notices", "Procurement", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb57279-17b1-41c9-86bf-778bd70af78b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1088&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "069041707891828e3126241993ba158f57eebad8f810d5c560133925136fdac8"
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 1088 (2018) — State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1088f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {906183/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {364438/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb57279-17b1-41c9-86bf-778bd70af78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).