---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment"
description: "Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 428"
citation: "Maryland HB 428 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5219345-2957-4f74-99cd-09e241850fb7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0428?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22c826e96c7eaa9e1896947bc459fbe7419059971c8bc19962ca989ad546cecb"
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 428 (2024) — Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_211_hb0428e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0428e.pdf)
3. **First - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0428f.pdf)
4. **Third - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0428t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **35–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **103–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Appropriations and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5219345-2957-4f74-99cd-09e241850fb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).