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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
+description: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 277"
+citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Atterbeary", "Boteler", "Brooks", "Buckel", "C. Branch", "Charles", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Henson", "Hornberger", "Jalisi", "Krimm", "Landis", "Lisanti", "Long", "McComas", "McKay", "Patterson", "Proctor", "R. Jones", "Rogers", "Rose", "Ruth", "Saab", "Thiam", "Valentino-Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-17"
+last_action: "2022-04-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a3f0fd1-b42a-4cf9-b04d-49302f51bd5d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "f6e4ba31e76d650ca25c58369368071b99a29f4e20e2237c50da709aea9eb130"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 277 (2022) — Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_65_hb0277t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **123–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Boteler — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- C. Branch — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- D. Barnes — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Jalisi — primary (person)
+- Krimm — primary (person)
+- Landis — primary (person)
+- Lisanti — primary (person)
+- Long — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Proctor — primary (person)
+- R. Jones — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Saab — primary (person)
+- Thiam — primary (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a3f0fd1-b42a-4cf9-b04d-49302f51bd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+