---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal and Study"
description: "County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Maryland HB 319 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b687d101-7834-4187-a63f-9a2fafb100fb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0319?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "88f10ce7927c974951c3c35be05074ae4e9932da6fec614d258db11bfa52e52b"
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 319 (2026) — County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_683_hb0319t.pdf)
2. **First - County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0319f.pdf)
3. **Third - County Boards of Education - Student Transportation - Sunset Repeal and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0319t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b687d101-7834-4187-a63f-9a2fafb100fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).