---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member"
description: "County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "Maryland HB 586 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Forbes", "Pruski", "Ruth", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ca89365-059c-4e9e-91e2-69a7aec7b190"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0586?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "f623a24e4f4b5b628ee40a84dcf9a08a90d40dc6243c710a08fdeab84758de61"
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 586 (2026) — County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_621_hb0586t.pdf)
2. **First - County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0586f.pdf)
3. **Third - County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0586t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **121–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Reassigned to Ways and Means
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ca89365-059c-4e9e-91e2-69a7aec7b190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).