Maryland Senate Bill 453 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-04 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the constitution and bylaws of a political party to provide that a central committee shall provide public access to records related to filling a vacancy in public office similar to the requirements of the Public Information Act, shall perform activities related to filling a vacancy in public office in an open and public manner similar to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act, shall prohibit a member of the central committee from demanding or receiving a bribe related to filling a vacancy in public office; etc.

Election Law and Ethics - Political Parties - Uniform Transparency, Disclosure, and Accountability Act

Sen. Roger Manno [D]

Sen. Douglas Peters [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-04	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2013-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-01-30	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0453?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0453f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0453.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/sb0453_ehe.pdf