---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation"
description: "Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Maryland HB 276 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Accidents", "Administrative Agencies", "Allegany County", "Education", "State Board of", "Fire Protection", "Garrett County", "Inspections", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Safety", "School Buses", "State Police", "Department of", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allegany County Delegation and Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45619644-f716-456c-9b9e-2ad41f4bedae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB276&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "facf1aeff46701284169ba7b685146e5cccfdc3d86f023959fde944241e21a31"
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 276 (2019) — Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0276f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Allegany County Delegation and Chair — primary (person)
- Garrett County Delegation — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45619644-f716-456c-9b9e-2ad41f4bedae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).