---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools"
description: "Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 739"
citation: "Maryland HB 739 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b41b65-8097-4b4b-be0c-29fce346d495"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0739?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2832f66524edd423fa7786c98c1f73597f392d820beffc7dfcd5e68d4703def7"
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 739 (2022) — Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_425_hb0739t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0739f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0739t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** 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
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43b41b65-8097-4b4b-be0c-29fce346d495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).