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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
+description: "State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 421"
+citation: "Maryland HB 421 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Kipke", "Korman", "Szeliga"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-23"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ccd10f-09f7-4d42-ba7d-df60b904028e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0421?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "8ac4511fa4b0860af11d038f993ec664f930134ef80e6eaf95221f5dc8c3f4f7"
+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 HB 421 (2020) — State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_202_hb0421t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0421f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0421t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carr — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Szeliga — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-23** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 202 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ccd10f-09f7-4d42-ba7d-df60b904028e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+