---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Payment Practices"
description: "State Procurement - Payment Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Maryland HB 325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Bhandari", "Charles", "Chisholm", "D. Barnes", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Guyton", "Hill", "J. Lewis", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "Luedtke", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Rose", "Saab", "Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d966563-1d42-406e-bdad-b3599393738b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0325?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f9b0d3b4112e13de54fe55f2ca5061cf003457d643e47ecc5e29e9dd04f9e44c"
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 325 (2022) — State Procurement - Payment Practices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_158_hb0325e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0325e.pdf)
3. **First - State and Local Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0325f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0325t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/15 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** 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.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d966563-1d42-406e-bdad-b3599393738b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).