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+type: "Bill"
+title: "St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology"
+description: "St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 440"
+citation: "Maryland HB 440 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
+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/cd4963a0-8211-4520-9426-b36084702a8c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0440?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "aa7a6ee3d24008324a5623323c506bb291064e3c3e9d55dbb4d1a655796b6911"
+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 440 (2020) — St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_208_hb0440t.pdf)
+2. **First - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0440f.pdf)
+3. **Third - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0440t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- St. Mary's County Delegation — 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.
+- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 208 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd4963a0-8211-4520-9426-b36084702a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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