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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Websites - Language Access"
description: "State Government - Websites - Language Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Maryland SB 29 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Administrative Agencies", "Attorney General", "Committees and Commissions", "Electronic Communication", "Electronic Government", "Human Services", "Department of", "Information Technology", "Department of", "Language", "Notices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-03"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b45ab63-5d8d-428f-a5cc-377ea64076f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB29&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e8a7545cf51e1fc0a255d63266d96f8ef47be5c25a3cacf766558a8952a40afe"
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 29 (2018) — State Government - Websites - Language Access
## 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/sb/sb0029f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **11917** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kagan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (119-17) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b45ab63-5d8d-428f-a5cc-377ea64076f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).