---
type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision"
description: "Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Maryland SB 846 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f80d5c39-e187-4c6c-9d91-a178d607679c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0846?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4e0157f7561ee7a8b1d5a990c7723931d57a9ffc1e8d7ac6b791207b584df4e5"
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 846 (2023) — Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_737_sb0846t.pdf)
2. **First - Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0846f.pdf)
3. **Third - Libraries - Circulation Records - Inspection, Use, or Disclosure Requirement Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0846t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing 3/02 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 737 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f80d5c39-e187-4c6c-9d91-a178d607679c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).