Maryland House Bill 183 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 658
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring each official custodian to adopt a policy of proactive disclosure of public records that are available for inspection; authorizing the official custodian to adopt a policy appropriate to the type of public record, to reflect the staff and resources of the governmental unit, and to include publication of public records on certain websites; altering the composition of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board; requiring the Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints from applicants; etc.

Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act)

Del. Brooke Lierman [D]

2021-03-30 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 135 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-30	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 658
2021-03-31	House	Returned Passed
2021-03-30	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-03-29	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2021-03-29	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2021-03-29	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2021-03-19	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2021-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (135-0)
2021-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-03-16	House	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
2021-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {276480/1 Adopted
2021-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2021-02-09	House	Hearing 2/11 at 4:00 p.m.
2021-02-09	House	Hearing canceled
2020-12-23	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-01-13	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations
2020-09-08	House	Pre-filed

SB449 (Crossfiled) 2021-04-06 - Rereferred to Health and Government Operations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
General Provisions	4	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1A-10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	1B-04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4	362	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
General Provisions	4-1A	8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0183?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0183f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0183t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_658_hb0183t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0183_27648001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/hb0183_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/hb0183_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/0579.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0762.pdf