---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority"
description: "County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 794"
citation: "Maryland SB 794 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56764327-f329-4468-8c37-806f4d64b3ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0794?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "11c5a86d54592627e4df0d11e0e29bf56baa412604fda387f47afe01f86be345"
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 794 (2020) — County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_583_sb0794e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0794e.pdf)
3. **First - County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0794f.pdf)
4. **Third - County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0794t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Washington) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 583 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56764327-f329-4468-8c37-806f4d64b3ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).