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IntroducedJan 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 263
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 131
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Adams
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Addison
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Qi
- Taylor
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Korman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valentine
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simmons
- Woorman
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Smith
- Young
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Ways and Means
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {743526/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 19, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Murphy, Morgan (MD Dept of Veterans Affairs)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ursprung, Patricia (Montgomery County Board of Education)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Goff, Jessica (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Dragics, DAVID (Maryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA))
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Zektick, Barbara (Zektick + Company)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Martin, Brittany
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Oh, Jun (316th Wing, Joint Base Andrews)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Zaniah (Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Arnold, Christopher (United States Department of Defense-State Liaison Office)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Brooks, Benjamin (Maryland State Senate)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Livingston, Lindsay (Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Livingston, Jacob
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Goff, Jessica (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Brooks, Benjamin (Maryland State Senate)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Dragics, DAVID (Maryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA))
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)



