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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 648
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 41
- Mr. President
- Gallion
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gile
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Guzzone
- James
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Harris
- Jennings
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Hayes
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Henson
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Hester
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Feldman
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Reilly
- Toles
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rose
- Valentine
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ross
- Watson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruff
- Wells
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Ruth
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Sample-Hughes
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Schmidt
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Shetty
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simmons
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Young
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Smith
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Ivey
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Referred Ways and Means
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {203820/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)PDF
- Amendments {203820/1 Adopted (Senate)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 - 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 In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettleman
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Adams, Jimmy (NASDTEC)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Sterrette, Dawana (Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Proctor, Karessa (NASW Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Fannon, Mary Pat
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Hettleman, Shelly (MGA- Senator Hettleman)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE)

