STATE BILLMD HB 154ENGROSSED

Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)

Establishing enhanced requirements under the Open Meetings Act for county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to maintain on their respective websites an archived video recording of each open meeting for which live video streaming was made available for a minimum of 5 years after the meeting; authorizing county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to edit certain content from the recordings; etc.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 26, 2026; 259 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

MD HB 154 · EngrossedFeb 26

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Bill details

Last action: Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted · Apr 13, 2026

Sponsor

MKMarc KormanRepresentative · Democrat · HD-016Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Apr 13, 2026Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) AdoptedSenate

Apr 10, 2026Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Kagan) AdoptedSenate

Apr 10, 2026House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Vogel and Hornberger)Senate

Apr 10, 2026House Requests Senate RecedeSenate

Apr 10, 2026House Refuses Concur Senate AmendmentsSenate

Apr 10, 2026House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Vogel and Hornberger)House

Apr 10, 2026House Requests Senate RecedeHouse

Apr 10, 2026House Refuses Concur Senate AmendmentsHouse

Show 16 earlier actions

Apr 8, 2026Third Readings Passed with Amendments (41-0)Senate

Apr 8, 2026Floor Amendment {793028/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted (24-20)Senate

Apr 6, 2026Second Reading PassedSenate

Apr 6, 2026Favorable AdoptedSenate

Apr 3, 2026Motion Special Order until 4/6 (Senator Kagan) AdoptedSenate

Apr 3, 2026FavorableSenate

Apr 2, 2026Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSenate

Feb 27, 2026Referred Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSenate

Feb 26, 2026Third Reading Passed (133-0)House

Feb 25, 2026Second Reading Passed with AmendmentsHouse

Feb 24, 2026Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Grammer) AdoptedHouse

Feb 24, 2026Favorable with Amendments {473125/1 AdoptedHouse

Feb 23, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and MeansHouse

Jan 21, 2026Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.House

Jan 14, 2026First Reading Ways and MeansHouse

Aug 1, 2025Pre-filedHouse

Recorded votes

Third Reading PassedFeb 26, 2026 · House · 133 yea · 0 nayPassed

Floor Amendment 793028/1 (Senator Ready) AdoptedApr 8, 2026 · Senate · 24 yea · 20 nayPassed

Third Readings Passed with AmendmentsApr 8, 2026 · Senate · 41 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Primary and Secondary Education
Baltimore City
Counties
Education, Boards of
Electronic Government
meetings
Open Government
Public Information
Recordings
Records
Time
Video
Independent Contractors
Notices
Obscenity
Pornography
Privacy
Storage
Virtual Environments

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