---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase"
description: "Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "Maryland SB 705 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caroline County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bea557d-e83c-4087-b287-db3ded440d20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0705?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "909214f2c4a4b4eedb31a445cf3457dbe3f97230b8c4056c0bb426cc3360b18c"
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 705 (2026) — Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_575_sb0705t.pdf)
2. **First - Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0705f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0705t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caroline County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bea557d-e83c-4087-b287-db3ded440d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).