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+type: "Bill"
+title: "County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)"
+description: "County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 525"
+citation: "Maryland HB 525 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boafo", "Ebersole", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Kaufman", "Mireku-North", "Moreno", "Patterson", "R. Long", "Schindler", "Solomon", "Taylor", "Vogel", "Wims", "Wolek", "Wu"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb91df0-d7f9-4379-8fda-ba9b1c6a14e2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0525?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "08adbbaa0bec7bfcc3e7015d0d82d8cd4ec68955c8671e7806f4e268b5b2e6a8"
+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 525 (2026) — County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_596_hb0525e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0525e.pdf)
+3. **First - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0525f.pdf)
+4. **Third - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0525t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Moreno — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- R. Long — primary (person)
+- Schindler — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Wolek — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb91df0-d7f9-4379-8fda-ba9b1c6a14e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+