---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Schools - Alterations"
description: "Community Schools - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Maryland SB 161 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-01"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c00e14a-7204-44d4-86d2-326302ee34eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0161?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "298f276839860eb13b20b61a6ad23da914cb8a9e450554cb1aaab7ac9e301c62"
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 161 (2024) — Community Schools - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Community Schools - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_230_sb0161e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Community Schools - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0161e.pdf)
3. **First - Community Schools - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0161f.pdf)
4. **Third - Community Schools - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0161t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Appropriations Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c00e14a-7204-44d4-86d2-326302ee34eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).