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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers"
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description: "Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 296"
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citation: "Maryland SB 296 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-10"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f094a6e7-1bd0-42ad-9093-78531f2c18b5"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0296?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "fc43ae3ba9509eadf9c5a23567fa11abe22401dafffd632c8a5fbacb181b7a70"
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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 SB 296 (2025) — Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers
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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 - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_665_sb0296t.pdf)
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2. **First - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0296f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Public Information Act – Public Access Ombudsman – Delegation of Powers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0296t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Augustine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 `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/f094a6e7-1bd0-42ad-9093-78531f2c18b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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