---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)"
description: "Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 412"
citation: "Maryland HB 412 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c88ab5-96d5-496d-9ce9-43f8ea9245c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0412?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a6af76e691ac68c3f5478eb6e28d4712f1eec90692a05f1b86fe3e3ff8f2b20"
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 412 (2025) — Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_303_hb0412t.pdf)
2. **First - Elections - Local Boards of Elections and Boards of Canvassers - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0412f.pdf)
3. **Third - Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0412t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-18** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1c88ab5-96d5-496d-9ce9-43f8ea9245c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).