---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)"
description: "State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "Maryland HB 1205 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Feldmark", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "McIntosh", "Morgan", "P. Young", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36640063-6803-4f51-91c9-96aefb9af459"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1205?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "54773a0d66617526e5182923a25379015433fdf704103af354d9ed5e40122b08"
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 1205 (2022) — State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_243_hb1205e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1205e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1205f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government – Information Technology and Cybersecurity–Related Infrastructure (Modernize Maryland Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1205t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **115–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **104–27** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Novotny /513224/1 — **34–90** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Novotny /403125/1 — **37–90** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- McIntosh — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-02-14** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates P. Young, Rosenberg and Kipke)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates P. Young, Rosenberg and Kipke)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Griffith, Zucker and Salling)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Griffith, Zucker and Salling)
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36640063-6803-4f51-91c9-96aefb9af459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).