---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions"
description: "State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Maryland HB 1578 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7682e316-8ef5-4b89-abcf-66ce4f0e1ece"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1578?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2a3640b0ea0f647d70656f8976251ddc9a9576c3ca9f58d71e813c1df43723f2"
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 1578 (2026) — State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_82_hb1578t.pdf)
2. **First - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1578f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Procurement - Procurement Preferences - Reauthorization and Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1578t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 82 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7682e316-8ef5-4b89-abcf-66ce4f0e1ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).