---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Meetings Act - Training - Application"
description: "Open Meetings Act - Training - Application"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Maryland SB 396 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Job Training", "Open Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33790930-ae21-413f-b1b5-d25411e5e482"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB396&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4fe915211158c487f44e5eec17a8563cc4c839a36445211178d269f8812f27e8"
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 396 (2018) — Open Meetings Act - Training - Application

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0396f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/14 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33790930-ae21-413f-b1b5-d25411e5e482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).