Coming to the Key Time on Open Meetings Bills

We're coming to the most important time in this year's session of the Maryland General Assembly for all bills. This coming Monday is "crossover day," when bills that have not been passed in one house will have a much more difficult time to be passed in both houses.

The latest information is that the bills to increase training for members of Maryland public bodies have been amended in the House committee considering them, but we don't yet know if the amendments help or hurt the cause of open meetings.

So, if you believe as strongly as I do in the need for more action to make all public bodies in Maryland more concerned about opening their meetings, with limited exceptions, to public view, please contact your Delegates and Senators now.

The bill number is HB 823, sponsored by Delegate Marice Morales of Montgomery County.