---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts"
description: "General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Maryland SB 537 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Hershey", "King", "Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b915cb41-b62f-436f-bca1-4aef5a182ea2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0537?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9f7f1c11bf9c3d2e9f6c84c5d0ea1d054b9a9f5ee101bc575fa805672af9d57e"
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 537 (2020) — General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_sb0537t.pdf)
2. **First - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0537f.pdf)
3. **Third - General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0537t.pdf)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **31–15** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall the Bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the Chief Executive? — **95–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics — primary (organization)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Hearing 3/18 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Hearing 3/18 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 563 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b915cb41-b62f-436f-bca1-4aef5a182ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).