MD HB768 | 2018 | Regular Session

Maryland House Bill 768 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-20 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring an online platform to retain a digital copy of each online political advertisement that the online platform distributes or transmits; requiring an online platform to maintain account books and records that include certain information relating to online political advertisements; requiring a person that purchases an online political advertisement to provide certain information to the online platform that distributes or transmits the online political advertisement; etc.

Title

Election Law - Online Political Advertisements and Campaign Material - Disclosure

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-20	House	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-01	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Subjects

Advertising
Ballots
Contracts
Data
Disclosure
Elections
Electronic Communication
Electronic Government
Identification
Inspections
Photography
Political Candidates
Political Committees
Postal Service
Prices
Public Information
Records
Reports
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Telephones
Time
Treasurers
Video

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0768?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0768f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0768.pdf