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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
description: "State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Maryland SB 363 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Benson", "Carter", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Hester", "Hough", "Jennings", "Kagan", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Miller", "Patterson", "Pinsky", "Ready", "Reilly", "Smith", "Washington", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08b4f90b-bc79-4a06-acad-e617461081db"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0363?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "105d82f0b6bd18e4a46fc8248a058a53cfcd9d19ebaf190afe7637783eacc938"
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 363 (2020) — State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_203_sb0363e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0363e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0363f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0363t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **1340** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **1340** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Rosenberg) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 203 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08b4f90b-bc79-4a06-acad-e617461081db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).