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IntroducedAug 01, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 24, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 10, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Motion Special Order until 4/13 (Senator Ready) Adopted
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 99
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
NO: 0
YES: 134
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Odom
- Stewart
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stonko
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Qi
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Williams
- Cardin
- Harrison
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wims
- Chang
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wu
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Motion Special Order until 4/13 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Favorable with Amendments {273522/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Referred Ways and Means
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
- Motion Special Order until after Third Reading calendar (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments {353827/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {983329/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
- Motion Special Order until 2/19 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Aug 01, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {353827/1 (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {983329/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {273522/1 Adopted (House)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Baines, Alicia (N/A)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Sterrette, Dawana (Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Butkiewicz, Michael
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Soreng, Nancy
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Rebecca
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Gupta, Riya (Blueprint Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Oakley, Hannah (State Board of Education)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Jessica (Maryland State Education Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Rebecca
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Carter, Alita-Geri (Qualequity Access)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Sterrette, Dawana (Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Jessica (Maryland State Education Association)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Tibbals, Trudy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Ballard, Shannon
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Littell, Melinda
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Hands, Zachary (Maryland State Board of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Gupta, Riya (Blueprint Coalition)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Fannon, Mary Pat
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