---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions"
description: "Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 468"
citation: "Maryland HB 468 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ivey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deec27da-ab03-43eb-b4db-994253901b9d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0468?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d255baa3f070e2b7c3f0b41c10717a20b836813ec3b913a04b5ee35bfdbd073"
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 468 (2022) — Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_576_hb0468t.pdf)
2. **First - Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0468f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public School Employees – Whistleblower Protections – Civil Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0468t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-23** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 576 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/deec27da-ab03-43eb-b4db-994253901b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).