---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ethics - Local Public Ethics Commissions and Entities - Meeting and Reporting Requirements"
description: "Ethics - Local Public Ethics Commissions and Entities - Meeting and Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "Maryland SB 474 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics", "Committees and Commissions", "Counties", "Ethics", "General Assembly", "Reports", "Signatures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a39201-70b3-45a5-a199-8fc35b921f36"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB474&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "c5ec7dfb689e12a9bb3843bc0602aa65bf72970c46679e628fa6c5fc85c6d41c"
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 474 (2018) — Ethics - Local Public Ethics Commissions and Entities - Meeting and Reporting Requirements

## 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/sb0474f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {714539/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a39201-70b3-45a5-a199-8fc35b921f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).