---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
description: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "Maryland HB 581 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Hornberger", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Love", "Martinez", "Munoz", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Watson", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57d37fa-47b8-4e91-b4f7-df775bc2a63d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0581?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "879979ea03922421e198c3b94857bd67be9e044325f56c02c002238a23544bed"
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 581 (2024) — State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_hb0581e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d57d37fa-47b8-4e91-b4f7-df775bc2a63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).