---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24"
description: "Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Maryland HB 1440 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609abca2-92e3-4a70-ab4a-3e24bcf1a3d6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1440?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "44900dbc7326922d05cf74f8b7369337bbef888011bd30fc70ed31f83f24f6c2"
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 1440 (2024) — Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_261_hb1440t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1440f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1440t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-26** Hearing 3/12 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609abca2-92e3-4a70-ab4a-3e24bcf1a3d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).