---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection"
description: "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Maryland HB 402 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron", "Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cadc0e97-43c5-4ac9-b9da-2067b220c937"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0402?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "559ba0f9967abc021dcaf1d4db2b879e5016c7ceb3c09b50e3ac23452dc020df"
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 HB 402 (2020) — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_193_hb0402t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0402f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Sovereign Immunity - Employee Whistleblower Protection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0402t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 193 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cadc0e97-43c5-4ac9-b9da-2067b220c937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).