---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools – Student Sunscreen Use – Policy"
description: "Public Schools – Student Sunscreen Use – Policy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Maryland HB 427 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Public Health", "Administrative Agencies", "Counties", "Education", "Boards of", "Health", "Liability", "Parents and Guardians", "Public Schools", "Safety", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c999eb-d1bd-448d-bad4-bba6fa986628"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB427&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "da0d4164e0171bf85e530d8de3b6793c4a59f37591962a78bcf42f61367b90b6"
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 427 (2018) — Public Schools – Student Sunscreen Use – Policy

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0427f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Young — primary (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Vogt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable with Amendments {465162/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-22** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2018-02-22** Floor Amendment {493722/1 (Delegate Healey) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-27** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 33 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c999eb-d1bd-448d-bad4-bba6fa986628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).