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IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Advancing Equal Educational Opportunities for All Students in Maryland
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 27, 2026: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 649
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Government, Labor, and Elections Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Civil Rights Commissioncosponsor
Votes
YES: 100
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Watson
- Behler
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Hill
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 35
Actions
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (100-35)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Hurley, Laura
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Sunderman, Gail (League of Women Voters Maryland (LWVMD))
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Quinn, Kelly (The Choice Program at UMBC)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- York, Katie
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Rai, Sanjay (MHEC)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Sadwin, Rabbi Ariel (Agudath Israel of Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Averitt-Sanzone, Rene (The Parents' Place of MD)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Sadwin, Ariel (Maryland CAPE)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Bah, Fanta
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Andy
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Peck, Beatrix (Maryland Independent College & University Association)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Othman, Ronza (National Federation of the Blind of Maryland)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Berger, Megan (Disability Rights Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Quinn, Kelly (Maryland Coalition to Reform to School Discipline)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Benevides, Elizabeth (Hussman Foundation / Hussman Institute for Autism)
- GVC Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bernadel, Sabrina (National Center for Youth Law)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- O'Day, Garrett (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Perino, Auden (National Women's Law Center)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Patinella, Frank (ACLU of Maryland)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Dixon, Monique (Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez Letana, Helen
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Lofgren, Ingrid (Public Justice Center)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- douglass, sharlimar (Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE))
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Reynolds-Dominguez, Camila (Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus)
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