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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation"
+description: "Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 4"
+citation: "Maryland SB 4 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Klausmeier"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-09-15"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f502e9-7b05-4c27-8605-61a7ab6bfd9a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0004?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "189b9f2ae8ad9fb23db491510992c84c1151663fa121df0c30286277f690e45c"
+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 4 (2021) — Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_254_sb0004t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Retaliation for Reporting or Participating in Investigation - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0004f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0004t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **119–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60f502e9-7b05-4c27-8605-61a7ab6bfd9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+