---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment"
description: "Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 637"
citation: "Maryland SB 637 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3c7fbae-2a7a-4250-ac99-557972e1a59f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0637?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3c52ba4847e799a93340369711d18140bc4bb41dccd9a88fec2d3ccefbb79010"
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 637 (2021) — Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_247_sb0637t.pdf)
2. **First - Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0637f.pdf)
3. **Third - Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0637t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **121–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-23** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-23** Hearing 2/23 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3c7fbae-2a7a-4250-ac99-557972e1a59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).