---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards"
description: "Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Maryland SB 968 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00b54c12-2a49-4db5-a137-7517a553c122"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0968?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "94c441ec9b5625a82e0bdfd2b729b20f391ded02658180e8be1933de7fd09e0b"
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 968 (2026) — Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_524_sb0968t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0968f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0968t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2026-03-06** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Environment and Transportation Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00b54c12-2a49-4db5-a137-7517a553c122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).