---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports"
description: "Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Maryland HB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-27"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2762a969-4a1a-4ae1-9eba-bfe0cf5a5555"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0401?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "033dd7058d2ab08b59ca8d1a06ba5796a27398a4515a82ba9e38690df6b9ddea"
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 401 (2021) — Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_345_hb0401t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0401f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policies and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0401t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- HB 401 HB 716 HB 771 HB 1134 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2762a969-4a1a-4ae1-9eba-bfe0cf5a5555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).