republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-79.md

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Bill	Public Ethics - Lobbyist Registration and Reporting - Mandatory Electronic Filing	Public Ethics - Lobbyist Registration and Reporting - Mandatory Electronic Filing	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 79	Maryland SB 79 (2019)	bill	Ethics Data Disclosure Electronic Communication Electronic Government Ethics Internet Lobbying Public Information Reports Rules and Regulations Telecommunications and Information Technology	enacted	Chair	1	17	2	2018-10-02	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/dfd5c189-6824-4f28-b82d-0f77f3f89c8b	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB79&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	62a08f092b0ce24df4e8753cd0c83f257f17d58fcfcb4e94f48ef8a46c20ee05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 79 (2019) — Public Ethics - Lobbyist Registration and Reporting - Mandatory Electronic Filing

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 — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 134–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-02 Pre-filed introduction
• 2019-01-09 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-01-07 Hearing 1/10 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2019-01-07 Hearing canceled
• 2019-01-07 Hearing 1/10 at 2:30 p.m.
• 2019-01-14 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-14 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-14 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-01-17 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-01-18 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-04 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-04 Third Reading Passed (134-0) passage
• 2019-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 149 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfd5c189-6824-4f28-b82d-0f77f3f89c8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).