---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions"
description: "Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Maryland SB 251 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-18"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ad8c858-1199-48ca-83d3-2ae5ea580bfb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0251?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d22f48a3c839149af2b5c31ffc9ec70eb68c26a9d018e5d8614cac5b3f5dea0e"
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 251 (2025) — Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_74_sb0251t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0251f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Training and Financial Disclosure Requirements - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0251t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-18** 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.
- **2025-01-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-31** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ad8c858-1199-48ca-83d3-2ae5ea580bfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).