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type: "Bill"
title: "Open Meetings Act - Notices and Closed Sessions - Retention Periods and Online Posting"
description: "Open Meetings Act - Notices and Closed Sessions - Retention Periods and Online Posting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Maryland HB 246 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Lehman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e453e1aa-37ae-49a9-a9b3-46c0424a8a64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0246?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c95b7c4b77b113af32a89cf0ec7cc7673ac44e7ed3407aaa37d4a7dc9eb0eced"
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 246 (2022) — Open Meetings Act - Notices and Closed Sessions - Retention Periods and Online Posting
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Open Meetings Act - Notices and Closed Sessions - Retention Periods and Online Posting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_345_hb0246e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Open Meetings Act - Notices and Closed Sessions - Retention Periods and Online Posting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0246e.pdf)
3. **First - Open Meetings Act Notices, Closed Sessions, and Minutes Retention Periods, Online Posting, and Public Inspection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0246f.pdf)
4. **Third - Open Meetings Act Notices, Closed Sessions, and Minutes Retention Periods, Online Posting, and Public Inspection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0246t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1320** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1320** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carr — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing 1/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2022-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/11 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e453e1aa-37ae-49a9-a9b3-46c0424a8a64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).