---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations"
description: "Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Maryland SB 508 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed48dd7c-c39e-494b-833c-1eb975e1fc4c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0508?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3d5bdb5bf245c4695473a56ae3e7340bb6ed7b59c449fcfd66562bd9657c82e5"
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 508 (2026) — Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_151_sb0508t.pdf)
2. **First - Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0508f.pdf)
3. **Third - Somerset County Board of Education - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0508t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **128–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed48dd7c-c39e-494b-833c-1eb975e1fc4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).