---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Information Act - 9-1-1 Communications - Denial of Part of a Public Record"
description: "Public Information Act - 9-1-1 Communications - Denial of Part of a Public Record"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Maryland SB 5 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Regulations and Procedures", "Civil Actions", "Communications", "Death", "Disclosure", "Domestic Violence", "Emergencies", "Examinations", "Family Law", "Identification", "Murder", "Notices", "Photography", "Privacy", "Public Information", "Recordings", "Records", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-10"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed1e689-f5a2-43a8-bcae-04ef86294b24"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB5&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "af3e20f0b0815ef1619a70eb4dd133b57f3913abe572c5c7a3e5b6cea7d0f1bc"
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 5 (2019) — Public Information Act - 9-1-1 Communications - Denial of Part of a Public Record

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0005f.pdf)

## Votes

- Favorable with 2 amendments — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Hearing 1/23 at 4:30 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {424533/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {424533/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Amendment Adopted (31-16)
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ed1e689-f5a2-43a8-bcae-04ef86294b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).