---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Public Schools and City Council - Logistical and Financial Assistance"
description: "Baltimore City - Public Schools and City Council - Logistical and Financial Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Maryland HB 685 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Baltimore City", "Education", "Boards of", "Emergency Bills", "Libraries", "Public Schools", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Salaries and Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a458a98-654a-47ce-b9e0-28f217bb9334"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB685&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "566a673af88f404f2e3aa4d214745aad32476a8c2429aa16be6f2b6680630d74"
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 685 (2017) — Baltimore City - Public Schools and City Council - Logistical and Financial Assistance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0685f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conaway — primary (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {864065/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (139-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a458a98-654a-47ce-b9e0-28f217bb9334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).