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Bill	Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities	Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 44	Maryland SB 44 (2017)	bill	State Government - Agencies Offices and Officials Administrative Agencies Archives Counties Data Electronic Communication Electronic Government Identification Municipal Corporations Notices Records Rules and Regulations	enacted	Chair	1	23	3	2016-10-19	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/31633827-c504-4e66-82dc-b27a18834f56	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB44&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	6425cdac7f459a0d594afacb3b73ae1d8865e1a27892e994a671ad2f3da43319	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 44 (2017) — Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Maryland State Archives) — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-10-19 Pre-filed introduction
• 2017-01-11 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-01-06 Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-01-16 Hearing canceled
• 2017-01-16 Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-01-20 Hearing canceled
• 2017-01-20 Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-01-24 Hearing canceled
• 2017-01-25 Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-13 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Favorable with Amendments {354535/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2017-03-16 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-06 Favorable with Amendments {256588/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-04-08 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31633827-c504-4e66-82dc-b27a18834f56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).