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IntroducedSep 29, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 08, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 288
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Ways and Means Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Educationcosponsor
Votes
YES: 96
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
NO: 36
NOT VOTING: 3
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (37-6)
- Apr 06, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Apr 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (96-36)
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {633520/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
- Sep 29, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Buckheit, Kimberly (Maryland Center for School Safety)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Ursprung, Patricia (Montgomery County Board of Education)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Nelson, Mary
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Meyerovich, Mark
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
