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HB0074 • 2026

State Procurement - Security Services - Contract Modification

State Procurement - Security Services - Contract Modification

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate S. Johnson
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
In the Senate - Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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State Procurement - Security Services - Contract Modification

Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for the equitable adjustment of the contract for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the chief procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for the equitable adjustment of the contract for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the chief procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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813224/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 813224/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 74 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.

  • AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 74 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 On page 1, in line 2, strike “Construction and” and substitute “ Security”; in line 3, strike “construction or”; in line 6, strike “Chief Procurement Officer” and substitute “chief procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit”; and in line 7, strike “construction and” and substitute “security”.
  • AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 On page 1, in line 20, strike the brackets.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Rereferred to Budget and Taxation

  2. 2026-04-02 House

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

  3. 2026-03-18 House

    Third Reading Passed (86-29)

  4. 2026-03-17 House

    Favorable with Amendments { 813224/1 Adopted

  5. 2026-03-17 House

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  6. 2026-03-17 Senate

    Referred Rules

  7. 2026-01-21 House

    Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.

  8. 2026-01-14 House

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

  9. 2025-10-30 House

    Pre-filed

  10. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification

  11. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections

  12. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - State Procurement - Security Services - Contract Modification

Official Summary Text

Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $2,000,000 for security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for the equitable adjustment of the contract for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the chief procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0074*

HOUSE BILL 74
P2 6lr1506
HB 1499/25 – HGO (PRE–FILED) CF SB 63
By: Delegate S. Johnson
Requested: October 30, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 17, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

State Procurement – Construction and Security Services – Contract 2
Modification 3

FOR the purpose of requiring a certain procurement contract for construction or security 4
services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for 5
compensation and benefits under certain circumstances; requiring a certain contract 6
that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Chief Procurement Officer chief 7
procurement officer of the appropriate primary procurement unit ; and generally 8
relating to procurement contracts for construction and security services. 9

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – State Finance and Procurement 11
Section 13–218(b) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16

Article – State Finance and Procurement 17

13–218. 18

2 HOUSE BILL 74

(b) (1) In addition to the clauses required under subsection (a) of this section, 1
a procurement contract for construction shall include: 2

[(1)] (I) a clause providing for contract modification if the condition of a 3
site differs from the condition described in the specifications; [and] 4

[(2)] (II) a clause covering the requirements for notice of contract claims, 5
submission of contract claims, and res olution of contract claims under § 15 –219 of this 6
article; AND 7

(III) IF THE CONTRACT IS F OR 3 YEARS OR MORE IN DUR ATION 8
AND IS VALUED AT GRE ATER THAN $2,000,000, A CLAUSE REQUIRING C ONTRACT 9
MODIFICATION FOR THE EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONTRACT FOR 10
INCREASED COSTS FOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF STATUTORY 11
CHANGES INCREASING REQUIRED COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS. 12

(2) IN ADDITION TO THE CLAUSES REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) 13
OF THIS SECTION , A PROCUREMENT CONTRA CT FOR SECURITY SERV ICES THAT IS 14
FOR 3 YEARS OR MORE IN DURATION AND IS VALUED AT GREATER THAN $2,000,000 15
SHALL INCLUDE A CLAU SE REQUIRING CONTRAC T MODIFICATION FOR T HE 16
EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONTRACT FOR INCREASED COSTS FOR 17
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF: 18

(I) STATUTORY CHANGES IN CREASING REQUIRED 19
COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS; OR 20

(II) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. 21

(3) A CONTRACT THAT IS MOD IFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 22
PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OR (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION IS CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL BY 23
THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER CHIEF PROCUREMENT OF FICER OF THE 24
APPROPRIATE PRIMARY PROCUREMENT UNIT. 25

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 26
October 1, 2026. 27