---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences"
description: "Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Maryland HB 118 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-11-01"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e152a8-a35e-48b4-8409-c9c1af35beea"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0118?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "62d329897222debcbad5e262ed5bba8ef6d99bcc0d033115e25413cf9fbd43c6"
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 118 (2022) — Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_554_hb0118e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Mental Health Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Mental Health Needs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0118t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **109–18** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Hough /293422/1 — **16–27** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e152a8-a35e-48b4-8409-c9c1af35beea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).