---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member"
description: "Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Maryland SB 402 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fccb35-259b-4fcf-9c0e-a8057275680a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0402?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bc9f88b6b0bf15b4d3f12d4f50c9efaa295c91c521bb247e97499ec08700dab1"
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 402 (2023) — Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_674_sb0402t.pdf)
2. **First - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0402f.pdf)
3. **Third - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0402t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fccb35-259b-4fcf-9c0e-a8057275680a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).