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IntroducedJan 28, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Civic Engagement
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 26, 2026: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 575
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Ebersolecosponsor
- Feldmarkcosponsor
- Mireku-Northcosponsor
- Palakovich Carrcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Pattersoncosponsor
- Robersoncosponsor
- Vogelcosponsor
- Wimscosponsor
- Youngcosponsor
Votes
YES: 114
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Rogers
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rose
- Turner
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hill
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wu
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Patterson
- Stein
NO: 16
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (114-16)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Favorable with Amendments {123323/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Ellis, Andy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Lopez Cruz, Kevin
- W&M Testimony, INFO -- Fothergill, Sue
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Naaman, Daniela
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Venumbaka, Saanvi
- W&M Testimony, INFO -- Gupta, Riya (Blueprint Coalition)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Wilkins, Jheanelle (Maryland House of Delegates)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Andrione, William
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lamb, Lauren (Maryland State Education Association)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Kathleen
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Mitchell, Ellie (Maryland Out of School Time Network)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Ursprung, Patricia (Montgomery County Board of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- miller, deborah (JCRC of Greater Washington)
- W&M Testimony, INFO -- douglass, sharlimar (Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE))
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Gannon, Michael (Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association)
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