---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group"
description: "State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Maryland SB 818 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a90917d-6925-43f5-925c-1bc2c0c5a5e4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0818?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "39340c73a7e30f563afc9e45d583c0bdea888135f0d41beac889b4aee66d8a8b"
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 818 (2026) — State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_390_sb0818t.pdf)
2. **First - State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0818f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Center - Development - Contract, Plan Requirements, and Advisory Group** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0818t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-20** Motion Reconsider Favorable with Amendments (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Motion Special Order until 3/19 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Motion Special Order until 3/20 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Committee Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Economic Matters Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a90917d-6925-43f5-925c-1bc2c0c5a5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).