---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
description: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Maryland SB 234 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4759816b-58aa-4276-99e3-d6d65d899676"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0234?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b44956f3b6ba18c68aeb2927546d3173a03784291983ae0e6848cee102fab27"
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 234 (2022) — Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_66_sb0234t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0234f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0234t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4759816b-58aa-4276-99e3-d6d65d899676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).