---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)"
description: "County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1026"
citation: "Maryland SB 1026 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/496dff66-3e01-485c-8565-b4a549198e45"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1026?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9a04961a10ade889487b97ac20d9991c5fd4f0c360a9aad6427da15f6f5a4e61"
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 1026 (2024) — County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_218_sb1026e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1026e.pdf)
3. **First - County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1026f.pdf)
4. **Third - County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1026t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/496dff66-3e01-485c-8565-b4a549198e45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).