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+type: "Bill"
+title: "General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts"
+description: "General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 537"
+citation: "Maryland SB 537 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Hershey", "King", "Klausmeier"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-30"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b915cb41-b62f-436f-bca1-4aef5a182ea2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0537?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "9f7f1c11bf9c3d2e9f6c84c5d0ea1d054b9a9f5ee101bc575fa805672af9d57e"
+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 537 (2020) — General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_sb0537t.pdf)
+2. **First - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0537f.pdf)
+3. **Third - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0537t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **31–15** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the Bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **95–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics — primary (organization)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
+- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Hearing 3/18 at 10:00 a.m.
+- **2020-03-17** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-17** Hearing 3/18 at 9:00 a.m.
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
+- **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 563 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b915cb41-b62f-436f-bca1-4aef5a182ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+