---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County Board of Education - Elected School Board Ho. Co. 11-17"
description: "Howard County Board of Education - Elected School Board Ho. Co. 11-17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1299"
citation: "Maryland HB 1299 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Education", "Boards of", "Elections", "Howard County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f875d19a-2025-4e88-9ae4-a475c083ec28"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1299&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a2ec5aab24e3f0ad86e9a20fb6a2b3a29c03ae590bc9d2043fedd5c174302010"
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 HB 1299 (2017) — Howard County Board of Education - Elected School Board Ho. Co. 11-17

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1299f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {335966/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f875d19a-2025-4e88-9ae4-a475c083ec28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).