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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)"
+description: "Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 856"
+citation: "Maryland HB 856 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e2e447-d311-4521-abc4-1b1bf0d7068c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0856?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "86802dcc2a2e26884067cc807efd5ea064f49ee76a6deb0231459c6635fde797"
+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 856 (2026) — Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_362_hb0856t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0856f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0856t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e2e447-d311-4521-abc4-1b1bf0d7068c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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