---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)"
description: "Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 836"
citation: "Maryland HB 836 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lierman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2049487-5b70-4b57-89a3-1cf46757466f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0836?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8657b58e07b369441f5bf48a78a4e48e4593660f15f0f7cd2fc716900a35a649"
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 836 (2022) — Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_212_hb0836e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0836e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools – Student Athletics – Requirements and Reports (Elijah Gorham Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0836f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0836t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Krebs /203223/1 — **42–83** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **122–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **129–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lierman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Morgan) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2049487-5b70-4b57-89a3-1cf46757466f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).