---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures"
description: "State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Maryland SB 213 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-09"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c9021c-e64f-4da3-a7cb-884bdf5976cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0213?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3c42cbf2709789a64e0ac7d782e0a69af05543b9be2520f79af4a2fb434fde5d"
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 213 (2026) — State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_395_sb0213t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0213f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0213t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Rereferred to Government, Labor, and Elections
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8c9021c-e64f-4da3-a7cb-884bdf5976cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).