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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
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description: "State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 581"
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citation: "Maryland HB 581 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Hornberger", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Love", "Martinez", "Munoz", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Watson", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57d37fa-47b8-4e91-b4f7-df775bc2a63d"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0581?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "879979ea03922421e198c3b94857bd67be9e044325f56c02c002238a23544bed"
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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 581 (2024) — State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
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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 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_hb0581e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581e.pdf)
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3. **First - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581f.pdf)
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4. **Third - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0581t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- A. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Administration — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Amprey — primary (person)
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- Anderton — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Boafo — primary (person)
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- Bouchat — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Buckel — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Ebersole — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Fennell — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Forbes — primary (person)
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- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
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- Grossman — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Harrison — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hornberger — primary (person)
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- J. Long — primary (person)
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Love — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Munoz — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Pruski — primary (person)
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- Qi — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Roberson — primary (person)
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Speaker — primary (person)
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- Spiegel — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Toles — primary (person)
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- Tomlinson — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`
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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/d57d37fa-47b8-4e91-b4f7-df775bc2a63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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