---
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: "SB 337"
citation: "Maryland SB 337 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d6fba7-613c-4639-b382-9dd1d0cc8f6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0337?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "508b7e579e56ce42e926e23409c5ce13000fc27eb5728ce80de0dd053669f060"
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 337 (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_304_sb0337t.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/sb/sb0337f.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/sb/sb0337t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4d6fba7-613c-4639-b382-9dd1d0cc8f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).