---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties"
description: "Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Maryland HB 315 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Barron", "Boyce", "Carr", "Charkoudian", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Guyton", "Hettleman", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Moon", "P. Young", "Palakovich Carr", "R. Lewis", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Wells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056bab86-4911-4199-be1b-1969d4f8c777"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0315?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d8ea253d8029a2fa275064c9e3b954e4db45a5c284abee1c1c279b39282fb69"
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 315 (2020) — Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_164_hb0315e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0315e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Ethics - Executive Branch - Lobbying by Former Secretaries of Principal Departments (Shut the Revolving Door Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0315f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Ethics Violations and Crimes – Prohibitions and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0315t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 164 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/056bab86-4911-4199-be1b-1969d4f8c777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).