---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study"
description: "Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1335"
citation: "Maryland HB 1335 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Palakovich Carr", "Rose", "Watson", "Wims"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b78b1412-1147-4540-832f-cd9c30c25cdb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1335?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3be1843cae1d361e43f585f18a59b3bdaaed0c88589fcf326faa09756bd0cba7"
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 1335 (2026) — Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_871_hb1335t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Information Technology - Recruitment, Retention, and Compensation of Information Technology and Cybersecurity Professionals - Independent Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1335f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1335t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 871 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b78b1412-1147-4540-832f-cd9c30c25cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).