---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy"
description: "Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Maryland SB 240 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c70834a-cb08-4bc1-a0bf-c34e25e31441"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0240?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "439a06a95fd03a90a51f7e502a8fea39aca83c5550083f2e9b54354fe3dfebb2"
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 240 (2020) — Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_sb0240t.pdf)
2. **First - Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0240f.pdf)
3. **Third - Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0240t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 541 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c70834a-cb08-4bc1-a0bf-c34e25e31441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).