---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charles County - Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages"
description: "Charles County - Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Maryland SB 491 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc979656-71da-411e-8638-0dad4224ed91"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0491?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4d3412f5b9835460555b304fe7e739dfe66ad97020227af41620807413e673c2"
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 491 (2023) — Charles County - Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charles County - Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_790_sb0491t.pdf)
2. **First - Charles County Board of Education - School Bus Contractor Employees - Negotiations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0491f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charles County - Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0491t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charles County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing 3/02 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- **2023-03-07** Motion Special Order until 3/8 (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc979656-71da-411e-8638-0dad4224ed91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).