---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code"
description: "Education - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1066"
citation: "Maryland HB 1066 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Public Safety", "Counties", "Education", "State Department of", "Fire Protection", "Public Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded0a427-8717-4c2e-910c-3df770fc771e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1066&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "bb711918610ee928824724cc30d3abab0a92b38ad90aa2bb8172dadb7a8f6b16"
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 1066 (2017) — Education - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1066f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded0a427-8717-4c2e-910c-3df770fc771e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).