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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences"
+description: "Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 118"
+citation: "Maryland HB 118 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-11-01"
+last_action: "2022-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e152a8-a35e-48b4-8409-c9c1af35beea"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0118?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "62d329897222debcbad5e262ed5bba8ef6d99bcc0d033115e25413cf9fbd43c6"
+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 HB 118 (2022) — Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_554_hb0118e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118e.pdf)
+3. **First - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Mental Health Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Mental Health Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **117–13** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **109–18** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Hough /293422/1 — **16–27** (fail) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **36–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Washington — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-04-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
+- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e152a8-a35e-48b4-8409-c9c1af35beea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+