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HB 1064 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Open Meetings - Live Streaming Requirement MC/PG 101-25

HB 1064 modifies live streaming requirements for Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission meetings. It now requires live video or audio streaming only when meetings are held at the agencies' headquarters or at locations where they held at least 10 meetings in the prior calendar year. The bill maintains existing obligations to archive recordings and publish meeting minutes online. This change narrows where live streaming is mandatory, potentially reducing technical requirements for meetings held at other locations.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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First - Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Open Meetings - Live Streaming Requirement MC/PG 101-25 → Third - Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Open Meetings - Live Streaming Requirement MC/PG 101-25 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill amends live streaming requirements for open meetings of the Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The most significant change adds an exemption stating that project site visits and educational field tours do not count as open meetings requiring live streaming if no organizational business is conducted. This reduces the administrative burden for these agencies while maintaining transparency requirements for actual open meetings.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly exclude project site visits and educational field tours from live streaming requirements when no organizational business is conducted, whereas previously all open meetings at specified locations required streaming.
REQUIREMENT

Added new exemption clause stating that project site visits and educational field tours do not constitute open meetings requiring live streaming if no organizational business is conducted.

Modified the live streaming requirements for both the Planning Board and Sanitary Commission to include the new exemption for field visits and educational tours.

TIMELINE

Added approval signatures section at the end of the bill with spaces for Governor, House Speaker, and Senate President signatures.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2025

How they voted

46–0
Passed
Total votes 46
Mar 23, 2025
D Democratic33
33 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican13
13 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
11
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591
executive
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned Passed
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Love) Adopted
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Mar 23, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-0)
senate
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
lower
Mar 9, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (136-0-3)
house of delegates
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
First Reading Environment and Transportation
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.