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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers"
description: "Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 677"
citation: "Maryland HB 677 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Regulations and Procedures", "Electronic Communication", "Emergency Bills", "Emergencies", "Identification", "Inspections", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Privacy", "Records", "Telephones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB677&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "698df0e055e970e9a9a197a89b36bcd97ebe63bb398f1bd69e96707fc2b872cf"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0677f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1324** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).