---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding"
description: "Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Maryland HB 685 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Attar", "C. Branch", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Foley", "Henson", "Jackson", "McIntosh", "Palakovich Carr", "R. Lewis", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5120dcea-dd8b-41b9-9b12-4c981df169d3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0685?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6fe712d4a73c36b107abb27a00d558e52cecf2f82036e95931e420eda02daff"
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 685 (2022) — Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_496_hb0685e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0685e.pdf)
3. **First - Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0685f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0685t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- C. Branch — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McIntosh — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** 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 496 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5120dcea-dd8b-41b9-9b12-4c981df169d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).