---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21"
description: "Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Maryland HB 1142 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba730b6b-4468-4df7-bfd5-528a78411524"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1142?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "05f942fb63cd12def5e096ed98d92778b5f6f2f4be3a2b3e1ecc2004680b1fcc"
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 1142 (2021) — Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_187_hb1142t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1142f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County – School Redistricting – Public Testimony Ho. Co. 07-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1142t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba730b6b-4468-4df7-bfd5-528a78411524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).