---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Boards of Education - Anonymous Two-Way Electronic Tip Programs"
description: "Public Schools - Boards of Education - Anonymous Two-Way Electronic Tip Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "Maryland HB 669 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Education", "Boards of", "Electronic Government", "Grants", "Harassment", "Privacy", "Publications", "Public Information", "Records", "Reports", "Students", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Telephones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3276291a-9275-4e2f-8d02-ed1aa48c5869"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB669&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "940c78bd1b9ba6e26caba395152ac78a19241f3b85919677130ca079fbd8b221"
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 669 (2017) — Public Schools - Boards of Education - Anonymous Two-Way Electronic Tip Programs

## 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/hb0669f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {185067/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** 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 197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3276291a-9275-4e2f-8d02-ed1aa48c5869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).