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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response"
+description: "Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 725"
+citation: "Maryland SB 725 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Assault", "Civil Actions", "Crimes and Punishments", "Electronic Communication", "Harassment", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Liability", "Notices", "Parents and Guardians", "Private Schools", "Protection Orders", "Public Schools", "School Administration", "Sexual Offenses", "Students", "Threats", "Victims"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d205b3fc-d4b3-405f-8873-6cdc7860cb26"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB725&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "d31c6c160fc0d2c5dc0096ca16dd94ae621fc0f6778a1983f69d7a93806ee28e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 725 (2018) — Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0725f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **134–4** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **130–6** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zirkin — primary (person)
+- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Hough — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Muse — cosponsor (person)
+- Norman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ready — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
+- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {428777/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {992116/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-04-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Dumais) Adopted (130-6)
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-4) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d205b3fc-d4b3-405f-8873-6cdc7860cb26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+