---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Payment Practices"
description: "State Procurement - Payment Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Maryland SB 250 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4871ccb-9a3c-4973-8396-fceb01173f14"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0250?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0749765fa9d25b74277ff51901eed5af0a9ba2aba7340a494922ce8f9580ab81"
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 250 (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_157_sb0250e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0250e.pdf)
3. **First - State and Local Procurement – Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0250f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Procurement - Payment Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0250t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4871ccb-9a3c-4973-8396-fceb01173f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).