---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Superintendent of Schools - Appointment and Reappointment"
description: "Washington County - Superintendent of Schools - Appointment and Reappointment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1162"
citation: "Maryland SB 1162 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Education", "Boards of", "Exemptions", "Public Officials", "School Administration", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e466892b-4a50-41ad-9e69-36c70cb93bf9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1162&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "5d2bc8683ed1a368c78388abaffdb2394f47517bd7b754de1d0a46bdd1978925"
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 SB 1162 (2018) — Washington County - Superintendent of Schools - Appointment and Reappointment

## 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/sb/sb1162f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-19** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 421 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e466892b-4a50-41ad-9e69-36c70cb93bf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).