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type: "Bill"
title: "Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding"
description: "Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Maryland SB 477 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Hayes", "McCray", "Sydnor", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48c5c02-4211-4bec-9a4a-59bb4b3b64ae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0477?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5f07538c6377eaa79679dbc9c1f7916f083bbdc047a0207228bff065a1a0ec52"
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 477 (2021) — Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_402_sb0477t.pdf)
2. **First - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0477f.pdf)
3. **Third - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Operating Hours and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0477t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **11622** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carter — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2021-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 402 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48c5c02-4211-4bec-9a4a-59bb4b3b64ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).