---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)"
description: "Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Maryland HB 19 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-28"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a593f86f-a391-4eb4-93b5-baba7722590b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0019?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f09af7c5886c31c6446b6a40589419b7269f5ba8e90b244bd496f43c6efaa900"
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 19 (2022) — Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_hb0019e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0019e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0019f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans (Safe Walk to School Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0019t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **113–17** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **114–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 553 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a593f86f-a391-4eb4-93b5-baba7722590b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).