SB 968 — Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-13
Exempting the driver's seat of a school bus from the requirement that a school bus be constructed with certain materials that enable it to meet all the criteria of the school bus seat upholstery fire block test established by the National School Transportation specifications and procedures adopted by the most recent National Congress on School Transportation.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524
Sponsors (1)
- Jason C. Gallion (R, MD-35) — sponsor · 2026-02-13
Action timeline (10)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · senate — Hearing — Education, Energy, and the Environment
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · house — Second Reading — Passed
- · house — Hearing — Environment and Transportation
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 3 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House environment and transportation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate education, energy, and the environment | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason C. Gallion (R, state_upper MD-35) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House environment and transportation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate education, energy, and the environment · md-leg