---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council"
description: "Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Maryland SB 325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e33b6c-26fc-494b-ac3e-b218e617658c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0325?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "471c289705334cf96ed2263ff09b55bb495b0213dc91a9464b5e5c3bb3a21abd"
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 SB 325 (2022) — Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_163_sb0325t.pdf)
2. **First - Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0325f.pdf)
3. **Third - Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0325t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e33b6c-26fc-494b-ac3e-b218e617658c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).