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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization"
+description: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 56"
+citation: "Maryland SB 56 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-10-01"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ebe5d4-b1e9-4e40-ba5b-93aa0560e7ae"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0056?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "34d31b36f5b02a91b9f1ebfe91a00b1a474d54ed52cb5b8cea86fae2df34392e"
+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 56 (2026) — Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_101_sb0056t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0056f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0056t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **99–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2026-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-18** Motion Special Order until 2/19 (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2026-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-19** Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2026-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-26** Motion Special Order until 2/27 (Senator Hester) Adopted
+- **2026-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-27** Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Hester) Adopted
+- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/5 (Senator Hester) Adopted
+- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment {
+- **2026-03-05** Substitute Committee Amendment {
+- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30ebe5d4-b1e9-4e40-ba5b-93aa0560e7ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+