Maryland House Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-08 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting an employee of a public body from creating or maintaining government e-mail by using a personal e-mail account; requiring an employee of a public body, under specified circumstances, to forward government e-mail to the official e-mail account of the employee within 5 days after the government e-mail is received; requiring each public body to retain government e-mail for a minimum of 7 years or, under specified circumstances, permanently; requiring the State Archivist to adopt specified regulations; etc.

Public Bodies - Use and Retention of E-Mail - Requirements

Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Steven Arentz [R]	Del. Robin Grammer [R]	Del. Christian Miele [R]
Del. Warren Miller [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-08	House	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
2016-02-24	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-01	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0492?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0492f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0492.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0492_hgo.pdf