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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018"
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description: "Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 968"
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citation: "Maryland HB 968 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-05"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d915ff5-4164-4aed-979f-1e09718665cd"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB968&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "713b9660105d796959a6faa1930710891094698f69eae627690f9ca918b55d27"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 968 (2018) — Maryland School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2018
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0968f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **42–2** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Barnes — primary (person)
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- Frush — cosponsor (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/15 at 3:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {654462/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-06** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
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- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (42-2) `passage`
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- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d915ff5-4164-4aed-979f-1e09718665cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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