---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities"
description: "State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Maryland HB 262 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7f5465-9703-49ac-82e4-fac95e4ff04b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0262?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4b5d4edf7ed9e54c0eccb9556f7c145734efebee69aafda2fbe7c88882730ec1"
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 262 (2026) — State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_104_hb0262t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0262f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0262t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Motion Special Order until 03/04 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f7f5465-9703-49ac-82e4-fac95e4ff04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).