---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification"
description: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Maryland SB 109 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-11"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1432b7a9-4c38-4148-aa3d-c1b11d853600"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0109?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3bef0bfe8a74e976bfa001cd316dd73411e87498f79fabdac055104dd8183a5f"
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 109 (2025) — Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_299_sb0109t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0109f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0109t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-16** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-01-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-22** Referred Ways and Means Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1432b7a9-4c38-4148-aa3d-c1b11d853600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).