---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding"
description: "Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "Maryland HB 436 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db92bdd-7188-417d-9077-a52d6a1aceff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0436?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "95f830ce73292d39a2b58d9638109e6cda556cee0e405bfd17f9b9af9924a5b2"
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 436 (2021) — Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_401_hb0436t.pdf)
2. **First - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0436f.pdf)
3. **Third - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0436t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **107–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 401 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db92bdd-7188-417d-9077-a52d6a1aceff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).