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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
State Department of Education - Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program - Study
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 531
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 125
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Korman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Ross
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Ruff
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McComas
- Schindler
- Williams
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simmons
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Ziegler
NOT VOTING: 4
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 (125-7)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Favorable with Amendments {173529/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 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 In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Eric (Maryland STEM Education to Employment Ecosystem)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Yang, Violette (Gear Rotation 18442)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Vetter, Drew
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Yu, Michael (FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 19458, Equilibrium.exe)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- W&M Testimony, INFO -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Mansour, Erinn Camp (Patapsco Friends Meeting)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Mansour, Josephine (Mount Hebron High School Ragnarok Robotics Team)



