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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation"
description: "Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Maryland HB 363 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lierman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757a7cc0-3f11-4059-9345-63b7d6a2b48b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0363?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8168a1de3267b92b7dcabddd1344fd7201b81764741139eb6ea778806d5b92d9"
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 363 (2021) — Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_253_hb0363e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0363e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Retaliation for Reporting or Participating in Investigation - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0363f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Public Ethics Law - Retaliation for Reporting or Participating in Investigation - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0363t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1311** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1332** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lierman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/757a7cc0-3f11-4059-9345-63b7d6a2b48b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).