---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees"
description: "Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Maryland HB 373 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8151f630-cc44-46fd-921e-add046dbfdfa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0373?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f77859bfe03e5607576f2df4f4930282c822dad2986723215687985a33b791db"
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 373 (2021) — Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_192_hb0373t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0373f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0373t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8151f630-cc44-46fd-921e-add046dbfdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).