republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-677.md

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Bill	Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers	Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 677	Maryland HB 677 (2018)	bill	State Government - Regulations and Procedures Electronic Communication Emergency Bills Emergencies Identification Inspections Notices Postal Service Privacy Records Telephones	enacted	Pena-Melnyk	1	15	2	2018-01-31	2018-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB677&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	698df0e055e970e9a9a197a89b36bcd97ebe63bb398f1bd69e96707fc2b872cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 677 (2018) — Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 132–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Anderton — cosponsor (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Arentz — cosponsor (person)
• Barron — cosponsor (person)
• Beidle — cosponsor (person)
• Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
• Cullison — cosponsor (person)
• Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
• Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
• Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
• Hayes — cosponsor (person)
• Healey — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
• Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• K. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Kipke — cosponsor (person)
• Krebs — cosponsor (person)
• Mautz — cosponsor (person)
• McDonough — cosponsor (person)
• Miele — cosponsor (person)
• Morales — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Otto — cosponsor (person)
• Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
• Platt — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
• Saab — cosponsor (person)
• Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
• Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
• Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
• West — cosponsor (person)
• Wivell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-02-02 Hearing canceled
• 2018-02-02 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-07 Favorable with Amendments {316183/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-08 Third Reading Passed (132-4) passage
• 2018-03-09 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-15 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-15 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-03-20 Returned Passed
• 2018-04-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).