---
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: "SB 200"
citation: "Maryland SB 200 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-26"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a15b84a8-fa5b-466a-adae-b852fa93f9af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0200?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6be679466d3b44991657db89e6b483502508304837ccafc09de671583fd7984f"
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 200 (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_105_sb0200t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Council for Open Data - Membership and Responsibilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0200f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Council for Open Data - Membership and Responsibilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0200t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a15b84a8-fa5b-466a-adae-b852fa93f9af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).