---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22"
description: "Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Maryland HB 396 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e2cb02-c42f-4a84-935b-2fde6db6fcaa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0396?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d787ff39ec96bc41ec0fb686fbece6a5315b07c3bef9ca4686cae045bb3d6347"
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 396 (2022) — Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_456_hb0396t.pdf)
2. **First - Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0396f.pdf)
3. **Third - Montgomery County Planning Board - Open Meetings - Video and Audio Streaming and Minutes PG/MC 101-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0396t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e2cb02-c42f-4a84-935b-2fde6db6fcaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).