Maryland Senate Bill 640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on May 13 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-13 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; renaming the Joint Audit Committee as the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee with an expanded role in reviewing evaluations conducted by the Office; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated; etc.

State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act

Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Sen. Thomas Miller [D]

2019-03-26 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (140-0) (Y: 140 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-08 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-13	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511
2019-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (140-0)
2019-04-02	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report by Appropriations
2019-03-18	House	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (House Rules and Executive Nominations)
2019-03-15	House	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing 3/22 at 12:00 p.m. (House Rules and Executive Nominations)
2019-03-12	House	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
2019-03-11	House	First Reading Appropriations and House Rules and Executive Nominations
2019-03-08	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-06	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-06	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {163226/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-06	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Senate Rules
2019-02-28	Senate	Hearing 3/05 at 11:30 a.m.
2019-02-11	Senate	Hearing canceled
2019-02-11	Senate	Hearing 2/13 at 11:00 a.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0640?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0640f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0640t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_511_sb0640t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0640_16322601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0640.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0640_sru.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0443.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0640_app.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0640_hru.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1258.pdf