---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Integrity Act of 2017"
description: "Public Integrity Act of 2017"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "Maryland HB 879 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics", "State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Attorney General", "Committees and Commissions", "Disclosure", "Elections", "Ethics", "General Assembly", "Political Parties", "Public Officials", "Salaries and Compensation", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The Speaker (By Request - Administration)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110844e1-f189-4325-9be2-8bc2c0d2cebc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB879&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b275aa625d5be37bcec522e613facb66f35faaa35270b50d0454c84932f98112"
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 879 (2017) — Public Integrity Act of 2017

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0879f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Floor Amendment {353423/1 (Senator Miller) — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Favorable with Amendments {730510/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Floor Amendment {433929/1 (Delegate Szeliga)
- **2017-03-21** Special Order until 03/22 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2017-03-23** Floor Amendment {433929/1 (Delegate Szeliga) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-23** Floor Amendment {393224/1 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {184238/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Floor Amendment {353423/1 (Senator Miller) Adopted (46-0) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 31 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110844e1-f189-4325-9be2-8bc2c0d2cebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).