---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations"
description: "Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 458"
citation: "Maryland HB 458 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes", "J. Lewis", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3083cac-9abc-41f0-8642-c81ece4b82e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0458?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7fa0eac3e4a26cad962632c61e6b215cd85a8d600f8057057b2ccca9ee70299f"
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 458 (2023) — Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_679_hb0458t.pdf)
2. **First - Public School Construction – Grant Programs, Approvals, and Administration – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0458f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0458t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3083cac-9abc-41f0-8642-c81ece4b82e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).