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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
+description: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 472"
+citation: "Maryland SB 472 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Carter", "Charles", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "James", "Kagan", "Lam", "Mautz", "McKay", "President", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac6dabf-b9d4-48e1-ac48-e1f18d3ddb27"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0472?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7df03bd62afa00fe799ca5a2b07b130f22651cb1615e635affa15f7a40e5e331"
+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 472 (2024) — State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_413_sb0472e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0472e.pdf)
+3. **First - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0472f.pdf)
+4. **Third - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0472t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Administration — primary (person)
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- President — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ac6dabf-b9d4-48e1-ac48-e1f18d3ddb27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+