---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions"
description: "State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Maryland HB 300 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22882fe5-2a5f-41c2-aac8-2ce50e9dceed"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0300?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a6d4a53843bc0f6103540400975e4bb8ef87aa77d089194904aa39891f2b6654"
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 300 (2026) — State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_374_hb0300t.pdf)
2. **First - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0300f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions - Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0300t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22882fe5-2a5f-41c2-aac8-2ce50e9dceed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).