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IntroducedFeb 04, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 02, 2026: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 856
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 131
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Odom
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stonko
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Fisher
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Arikan
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Baker
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Behler
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Hartman
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Hill
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chang
- Holmes
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Howard
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Coley
NO: 1
Actions
- Apr 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (131-1)
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {763523/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {763523/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)PDF
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 -- Adams, Jimmy (NASDTEC)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Sterrette, Dawana (Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Harper, Yvonne (Maryland State Department of Education)
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