---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement"
description: "Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 852"
citation: "Maryland SB 852 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e43569-76aa-4377-9780-6ecb7a0df9b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0852?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c686588e2a2a9124259aae497e437ad9dbc1478a4c51c481d7097eebe72f9f7a"
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 852 (2024) — Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_368_sb0852t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0852f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0852t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — 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.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e43569-76aa-4377-9780-6ecb7a0df9b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).