---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements"
description: "Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Maryland HB 1557 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c95975-ac2e-4096-8225-cc8bd7e3559c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1557?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "71ff1150cdd1058bdf6746288292c2f8e34121c155d67a05099b7fdc4d206d5e"
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 1557 (2026) — Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_368_hb1557e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1557e.pdf)
3. **First - Procurement - Department of General Services - Real Estate Advisory Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1557f.pdf)
4. **Third - Procurement - Real Estate Advisory Committee and Property Acquisition and Lease Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1557t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **117–16** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **119–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee — primary (organization)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hettleman) Adopted
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c95975-ac2e-4096-8225-cc8bd7e3559c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).