Maryland Senate Bill 449 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 30 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-06 - Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring each official custodian to adopt a policy of proactive disclosure of public records available for inspection; authorizing the official custodian to adopt a policy appropriate to the type of public record, to reflect the staff and resources of the governmental unit, and to include publication of public records on certain websites; altering the composition of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board; requiring the Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints from applicants; etc.

Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act)

Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]

2021-03-30 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-06	House	Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
2021-03-30	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-03-30	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-03-29	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-03-29	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {824435/1 Adopted
2021-03-29	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2021-02-23	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:15 p.m.
2021-02-23	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-10	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-20	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB183 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 658

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
General Provisions	4	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	362	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0449?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0449f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0449t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0009/sb0449_82443501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0449_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0755.pdf