---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Education - Public High School Students - Assessments and Graduation Requirements"
description: "State Board of Education - Public High School Students - Assessments and Graduation Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1019"
citation: "Maryland HB 1019 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Data", "Education", "Education", "State Board of", "Examinations", "Public Schools", "Records", "School Administration", "School Testing", "Students", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton and Luedtke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4cea7fc-4c25-4a8a-adce-65decd4cfd4d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1019&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "2cf973b7cd2faf52bf1e5e2f4aa5b7ac06a2714dc3de1647cbb1e751c8250045"
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 1019 (2019) — State Board of Education - Public High School Students - Assessments and Graduation Requirements

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1019f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guyton and Luedtke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {225468/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {874333/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4cea7fc-4c25-4a8a-adce-65decd4cfd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).