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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: "SB 776"
+citation: "Maryland SB 776 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Harris", "Henson", "James", "Love", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ee86d8-cfc8-4f7f-894c-e5d70e88c0ce"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0776?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "07aaed21f9f9fb282bd0f46e192241a306b5c6a09bde2a7fb3b8823b728d81f7"
+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 776 (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_607_sb0776t.pdf)
+2. **First - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0776f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0776t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2026-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7ee86d8-cfc8-4f7f-894c-e5d70e88c0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+