---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Information Act - Denials of Inspection - Explanation Regarding Redaction"
description: "Public Information Act - Denials of Inspection - Explanation Regarding Redaction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1057"
citation: "Maryland SB 1057 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Regulations and Procedures", "Inspections", "Notices", "Public Information", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ab1d0d-146c-4dfc-95c5-f909a09907e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1057&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "86b7ac193b154b98403a155b4b2831a1ccc0ec8b113515502d4dde6f4ca76cbf"
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 1057 (2017) — Public Information Act - Denials of Inspection - Explanation Regarding Redaction

## 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/sb/sb1057f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2017-02-22** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ab1d0d-146c-4dfc-95c5-f909a09907e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).