---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements"
description: "Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "Maryland HB 83 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Queen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28fb768f-57e4-4aae-abad-e5f21facdaec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0083?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ab69c36468f479e988dc6e0e7fa375993aae2ceee394bcbc9fb54cbc01d16e47"
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 83 (2021) — Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_434_hb0083e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Electric Retractable Room Partitions - Review and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0083e.pdf)
3. **First - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Electric Retractable Room Partitions - Operation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0083f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Electric Retractable Room Partitions - Review and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0083t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Queen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Kaiser) Adopted
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 434 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28fb768f-57e4-4aae-abad-e5f21facdaec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).