---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – School Bus Driver and Public Transportation Worker – Obstructing, Hindering, or Interfering With"
description: "Criminal Law – School Bus Driver and Public Transportation Worker – Obstructing, Hindering, or Interfering With"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Maryland HB 312 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Assault", "Buses", "Fines", "Mass Transit", "Penalties and Sentences", "Railroads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3015fe6-553b-450b-88d7-f4503c23fb54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB312&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "58ad2c666b21cf32663baded269f6dffbcbf70bbc5c6b4bb8b41f1aaa25df902"
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 312 (2018) — Criminal Law – School Bus Driver and Public Transportation Worker – Obstructing, Hindering, or Interfering With

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0312f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {652218/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (33-10) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3015fe6-553b-450b-88d7-f4503c23fb54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).