2026 Regular Session
SB99
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Establishing enhanced requirements under the Open Meetings Act for county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring the county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to maintain on their respective websites archived video recording of each open meeting for which live video streaming was made available for a minimum of 5 years after the date of the meeting; authorizing the editing of archived video recordings under certain circumstances; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 24, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
45 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
April 10, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
134 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
February 25, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
January 14, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Motion Special Order until 4/13 (Senator Ready) Adopted
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House Third Reading Passed (134-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {273522/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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House Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Ways and Means
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Senate Third Reading Passed (45-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Floor Amendment {983329/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {353827/1 Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until after Third Reading calendar (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
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Senate Motion Special Order until 2/19 (Senator Ready) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
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Senate Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {353827/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Pre-filed