---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
description: "Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Atterbeary", "Boteler", "Brooks", "Buckel", "C. Branch", "Charles", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Henson", "Hornberger", "Jalisi", "Krimm", "Landis", "Lisanti", "Long", "McComas", "McKay", "Patterson", "Proctor", "R. Jones", "Rogers", "Rose", "Ruth", "Saab", "Thiam", "Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a3f0fd1-b42a-4cf9-b04d-49302f51bd5d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f6e4ba31e76d650ca25c58369368071b99a29f4e20e2237c50da709aea9eb130"
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 277 (2022) — Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_65_hb0277t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Purple Star Schools Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- C. Branch — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Jones — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Thiam — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a3f0fd1-b42a-4cf9-b04d-49302f51bd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).