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Bill	Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018	Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 968	Maryland HB 968 (2018)	bill	Primary and Secondary Education Appropriations Committees and Commissions Construction Contracts Counties County Administrators Education Boards of Education State Department of Exemptions General Assembly Harford County Prices Prince George's County Public Buildings and Facilities Public Schools Public Works Board of Rules and Regulations Washington County	enacted	B. Barnes	1	14	2	2018-02-05	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9d915ff5-4164-4aed-979f-1e09718665cd	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB968&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	713b9660105d796959a6faa1930710891094698f69eae627690f9ca918b55d27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 968 (2018) — Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–2 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Barnes — primary (person)
• Frush — cosponsor (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Hearing 2/15 at 3:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-04 Favorable with Amendments {654462/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-05 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-04-06 First Reading Senate Rules referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (42-2) passage
• 2018-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d915ff5-4164-4aed-979f-1e09718665cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).