---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
description: "State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "Maryland HB 421 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Kipke", "Korman", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ccd10f-09f7-4d42-ba7d-df60b904028e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0421?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8ac4511fa4b0860af11d038f993ec664f930134ef80e6eaf95221f5dc8c3f4f7"
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 421 (2020) — State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_202_hb0421t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0421f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0421t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `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 202 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ccd10f-09f7-4d42-ba7d-df60b904028e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).