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type: "Bill"
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title: "St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions"
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description: "St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 176"
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citation: "Maryland HB 176 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-15"
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last_action: "2020-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52676b5-156d-4d82-ab05-9dc93c075d98"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0176?ys=2020RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "fe12ce013e206db4252de21d352745dfef1ba26d289618bbdb99ea5f93074a8f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 176 (2020) — St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_96_hb0176t.pdf)
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2. **First - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0176f.pdf)
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3. **Third - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Closed Sessions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0176t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
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- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
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- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 96 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c52676b5-156d-4d82-ab05-9dc93c075d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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