---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program"
description: "Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 715"
citation: "Maryland SB 715 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bd19499-690a-46cc-9610-8fb0cba6f644"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0715?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8a27728f012fe0e8a6586bdc141239a7d419611e5026b2a6ca84d97f232f68a7"
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 715 (2026) — Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_812_sb0715t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0715f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0715t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 812 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bd19499-690a-46cc-9610-8fb0cba6f644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).