---
type: "Bill"
title: "Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension"
description: "Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Maryland HB 809 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Vogel", "White Holland", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa17e56-9539-46a7-968a-ead81e9ab77b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0809?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4051ba1a7d2dc10401196fe1dce00e283a497ff8c89e29d0d00006fe817b4f77"
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 809 (2024) — Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_469_hb0809t.pdf)
2. **First - Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0809f.pdf)
3. **Third - Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0809t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/20 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`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfa17e56-9539-46a7-968a-ead81e9ab77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).