---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established"
description: "Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Feldman", "Gile", "Kagan", "Kramer", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b1d0138-4454-4e23-bb99-56e972099770"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0540?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d65e4e237c827a67943ad77758d62a5b35d826d811543afce46e272e4e47a782"
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 SB 540 (2024) — Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_166_sb0540e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0540e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b1d0138-4454-4e23-bb99-56e972099770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).