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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities"
+description: "Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 44"
+citation: "Maryland SB 44 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Administrative Agencies", "Archives", "Counties", "Data", "Electronic Communication", "Electronic Government", "Identification", "Municipal Corporations", "Notices", "Records", "Rules and Regulations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-10-19"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31633827-c504-4e66-82dc-b27a18834f56"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB44&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "6425cdac7f459a0d594afacb3b73ae1d8865e1a27892e994a671ad2f3da43319"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 44 (2017) — Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0044f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair — primary (person)
+- Education — cosponsor (person)
+- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Maryland State Archives) — cosponsor (person)
+- Health — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-10-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2017-01-11** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-01-16** Hearing canceled
+- **2017-01-16** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing canceled
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-01-24** Hearing canceled
+- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {354535/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-16** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {256588/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
+- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31633827-c504-4e66-82dc-b27a18834f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+