---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel"
description: "Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Maryland SB 55 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-23"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/639b47a1-6c82-44dd-8c66-d9b1eaa76f76"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0055?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "05b900616fc17eea93e7c4d7541ffed5e4c5df4356f241ef58b8b054a63469e9"
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 55 (2022) — Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_591_sb0055t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0055f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County Board of Education – Retention of Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0055t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 591 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/639b47a1-6c82-44dd-8c66-d9b1eaa76f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).