republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/sb-296.md

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Bill	Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers	Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	SB 296	Maryland SB 296 (2025)	bill		enacted	Augustine	3	13	2	2025-01-10	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f094a6e7-1bd0-42ad-9093-78531f2c18b5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0296?ys=2025RS&search=True	fc43ae3ba9509eadf9c5a23567fa11abe22401dafffd632c8a5fbacb181b7a70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 296 (2025) — Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chapter - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-01-10 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-24 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2025-02-27 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-02-28 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-28 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-03-31 Returned Passed
• 2025-05-20 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f094a6e7-1bd0-42ad-9093-78531f2c18b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).