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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
State Procurement and Personnel - Liquidated Damages Documentation Requirements and State Fiscal Leadership Capacity
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 859
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors

- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committeecosponsor
Votes
YES: 119
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Toles
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Ross
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Howard
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (119-13)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
- Favorable with Amendments {553826/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Budget and TaxationHTML
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Martin, Anna
- B&T Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Phillips, Dana (Department of Budget and Management)
