---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition"
description: "State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 543"
citation: "Maryland HB 543 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Edelson", "Hornberger", "Miller", "Nawrocki", "Rose", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/691b7375-cdf9-4c48-832c-972af6df4126"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0543?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "19ec67b5e6075512a8e3413ac04227d8c5e70c962369ca8619837794eeb50960"
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 543 (2023) — State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_161_hb0543t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0543f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0543t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/691b7375-cdf9-4c48-832c-972af6df4126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).