---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation"
description: "Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 486"
citation: "Maryland HB 486 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29410c50-5b44-4740-851d-aad153649fad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0486?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fe0f46996d67fc4bf997992f7aac228b3fab37b77598eb9503573ebefef1175c"
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 486 (2023) — Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_777_hb0486t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Credit for Student Bus Transportation Expenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0486f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0486t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29410c50-5b44-4740-851d-aad153649fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).