---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access"
description: "Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 518"
citation: "Maryland HB 518 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fe572f-c21e-46a1-a6e1-31028a1ddbcc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0518?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1d297df6f2e520d2adabb5b882941ded1e178bb3bfa655dbf277b4b78e3aa703"
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 518 (2021) — Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_411_hb0518e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0518e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Libraries – Electronic Book Licenses – Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0518f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Libraries - Electronic Literary Product Licenses - Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0518t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 411 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8fe572f-c21e-46a1-a6e1-31028a1ddbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).