---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements"
description: "County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Maryland HB 291 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49ccfcf8-c2e2-4267-9091-356d99228b5e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0291?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "98709487c470857ee0ef21cee240839f5b0827cdc7e1b929b2f278e8b3a27139"
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 291 (2024) — County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_274_hb0291t.pdf)
2. **First - County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0291f.pdf)
3. **Third - County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0291t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-14** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `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`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49ccfcf8-c2e2-4267-9091-356d99228b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).