---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Planning - Central Depository"
description: "Department of Planning - Central Depository"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Maryland SB 55 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Regulations and Procedures", "Local Government - Generally", "Administrative Agencies", "Data", "Disclosure", "Electronic Government", "Internet", "Notices", "Planning", "Department of", "Reports", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-31"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f69ba94-df01-4905-adf0-d5d0f5cf5a83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB55&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "972ae744f831b941f97dd3ce6b36a565ef5089d3611ab42f6d6dbeb81c9a8660"
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 55 (2019) — Department of Planning - Central Depository

## 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/sb0055f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Planning) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Hearing 1/10 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-01-07** Hearing canceled
- **2019-01-07** Hearing 1/10 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2019-01-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Favorable with Amendments {634335/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-01-24** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f69ba94-df01-4905-adf0-d5d0f5cf5a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).