---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Law – Truancy"
description: "Juvenile Law – Truancy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Maryland SB 160 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Juvenile Law", "Courts", "Education", "Minors", "Parents and Guardians", "Truancy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f48cb4-e43d-4313-9dd2-76121d5901b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB160&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "afdf3c4e1ad1352e9ee669a7d47419fb055a91c3f081749f7ed11b1ea9d16e2a"
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 160 (2018) — Juvenile Law – Truancy

## 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/sb/sb0160f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {508474/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {442813/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f48cb4-e43d-4313-9dd2-76121d5901b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).