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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
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 NotePDF
- 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

