---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations"
description: "Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Maryland SB 98 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-28"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a367703-9c68-4b8b-9c51-015dc9da90c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0098?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "65d4f94ab535aa2ff820ff7950d75b5bb1045d61785ce902e2c506980270e26e"
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 98 (2026) — Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_571_sb0098t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0098f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0098t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 571 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a367703-9c68-4b8b-9c51-015dc9da90c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).