---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)"
description: "Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Maryland HB 16 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-09"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0958c762-be9b-4e4b-b0f0-5343696b615d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0016?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "33a18b391d3eb53ef8e54ac20fbea632f80b898e013c09c1db63f7cf00dba859"
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 16 (2023) — Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_678_hb0016t.pdf)
2. **First - Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0016f.pdf)
3. **Third - Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0016t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-09** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0958c762-be9b-4e4b-b0f0-5343696b615d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).