---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member"
description: "Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Maryland HB 402 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e5838e8-54de-4441-ad94-9b245523abfa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0402?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "115209565ae63f483451e1d9c5e0d301dfa747a47aca5da2618fb16996ebf467"
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 402 (2023) — Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_675_hb0402e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0402e.pdf)
3. **First - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0402f.pdf)
4. **Third - Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0402t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e5838e8-54de-4441-ad94-9b245523abfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).