2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB526: Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools

Legislative Summary

Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students, who are ineligible for transportation services, may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.

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Bill History

1/24/2025
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
2/4/2025
Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
Senate
2/10/2025
Hearing canceled
Senate
2/10/2025
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/24/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education, Energy, and the Environment(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Ellis
Arthur Ellis
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/24/202593.2 KB