---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation"
description: "Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Accidents", "Administrative Agencies", "Allegany County", "Education", "State Board of", "Fire Protection", "Garrett County", "Inspections", "Motor Vehicle Administration", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Safety", "School Buses", "State Police", "Department of", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8283c5c3-15f5-4a82-9516-50473158ab65"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB215&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "3af226c998852bc934f04124459edd65d1ee0497e0b17a5e9b02454d7204a44d"
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 215 (2019) — Allegany County and Garrett County - School Buses - Length of Operation

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8283c5c3-15f5-4a82-9516-50473158ab65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).