---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)"
description: "Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Maryland SB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-20"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c5168d-3c59-4f02-843f-ea2a709f06b1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0035?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04136fae092c1975e01611fa958fdf4035fd3b5012bd71b826343ef26e6ff751"
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 35 (2023) — Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_150_sb0035t.pdf)
2. **First - Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0035f.pdf)
3. **Third - Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0035t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-15** Hearing 1/26 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60c5168d-3c59-4f02-843f-ea2a709f06b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).