Maryland House Bill 154

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-04-13 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing enhanced requirements under the Open Meetings Act for county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to maintain on their respective websites an archived video recording of each open meeting for which live video streaming was made available for a minimum of 5 years after the meeting; authorizing county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to edit certain content from the recordings; etc.

Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)

Del. Marc Korman [D]

2026-04-08 - Senate - Third Readings Passed with Amendments (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-04-08 - Senate - Floor Amendment 793028/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted (Y: 24 N: 20 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-13	Senate	Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
2026-04-10	Senate	Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Kagan) Adopted
2026-04-10	Senate	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Vogel and Hornberger)
2026-04-10	Senate	House Requests Senate Recede
2026-04-10	Senate	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2026-04-10	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Vogel and Hornberger)
2026-04-10	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2026-04-10	House	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2026-04-08	Senate	Third Readings Passed with Amendments (41-0)
2026-04-08	Senate	Floor Amendment {793028/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted (24-20)
2026-04-06	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2026-04-06	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2026-04-03	Senate	Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
2026-04-03	Senate	Favorable
2026-04-02	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-02-27	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-02-26	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2026-02-25	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-24	House	Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
2026-02-24	House	Favorable with Amendments {473125/1 Adopted
2026-02-23	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2026-01-21	House	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-14	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2025-08-01	House	Pre-filed

SB99 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-10 - Motion Special Order until 4/13 (Senator Ready) Adopted

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	4	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	3	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	3	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	3	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0154?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0154f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0154t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0154_47312501.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0154_79302801.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0154_w&m.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0154_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0203.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0851.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0852.pdf