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IntroducedAug 01, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 26, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 154
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 133
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Alston
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Fennell
- Korman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arikan
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Turner
- Baker
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bouchat
- Harrison
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Williams
- Buckel
- Healey
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Odom
NO: 0
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {473125/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
- Aug 01, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {473125/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Soreng, Nancy
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Carter, Alita-Geri (Qualequity Access)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Funk, Kenzie (Strong Schools Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Jessica (Maryland State Education Association)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Rebecca
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Hands, Zachary (Maryland State Board of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Korman, Marc

