---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension"
description: "State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Maryland HB 242 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f763fc-f3c3-4015-a068-4c2618a04b75"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0242?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d98c8ec69f0c9ebc7a3de8d66a61f9d1609ece6fd54272945d2660a96ae548d2"
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 242 (2024) — State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_395_hb0242e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0242e.pdf)
3. **First - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0242f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0242t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f763fc-f3c3-4015-a068-4c2618a04b75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).