---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach"
description: "State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Bridges", "C. Watson", "Cain", "Carr", "Charkoudian", "D. Barnes", "D.M. Davis", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Guyton", "Hettleman", "Ivey", "Kerr", "Lierman", "Love", "Mosby", "P. Young", "Palakovich Carr", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Terrasa", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d514e19b-b449-48e8-9e6c-a952455105f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b29ee21df47c73739d99996c7064d508aeb95fc38249006a6febcafdfe7b7e19"
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 277 (2020) — State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_148_hb0277t.pdf)
2. **First - State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d514e19b-b449-48e8-9e6c-a952455105f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).