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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment"
+description: "Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 552"
+citation: "Maryland HB 552 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Fair", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Smith", "Solomon", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Wilson", "Woods", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cc5e38-e326-4af2-b518-445f4a70be20"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0552?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2c36094b1f6919da34b49a1a9473b66990f44d4904cb8b4f4973e09884fe6414"
+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 552 (2026) — Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_608_hb0552e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552e.pdf)
+3. **First - Independent Investigation of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **129–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Harris) Adopted
+- **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 608 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cc5e38-e326-4af2-b518-445f4a70be20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+