---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability"
description: "Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "Maryland SB 763 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc550c97-2eda-40c5-a03d-11764aaf086c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0763?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3645228929e0fbdd8bf797c0c91178ee6598e33c6b3edcd2f1f7f6e92bd13e1"
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 763 (2022) — Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_141_sb0763e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0763e.pdf)
3. **First - Collection and Publication of Criminal Case and Prosecutorial Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0763f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety and Criminal Procedure - Collection, Reporting, and Publication of Criminal Case and Prosecutorial Information (Maryland Criminal Justice Data Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0763t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to limit debate — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **105–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Sydnor) Adopted
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Sydnor) Adopted
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Motion Special Order until 3/14 (Senator Sydnor) Adopted
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Waldstreicher and West)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Waldstreicher and West)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Moon and Bartlett)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Moon and Bartlett)
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc550c97-2eda-40c5-a03d-11764aaf086c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).