---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition"
description: "Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "Maryland HB 185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Attar", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Guyton", "McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Pruski", "Ruth", "Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6586b55a-03f0-4b4b-98e0-67e124160ec1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0185?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "50cfd66eeb31d1740e136019126fdd9e82e8f472b1c3ffe0e28c41cc35eb61b6"
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 185 (2023) — Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_671_hb0185t.pdf)
2. **First - Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0185f.pdf)
3. **Third - Nonpublic Schools and Child Care Providers - Corporal Punishment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0185t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-27** Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-24** 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 671 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6586b55a-03f0-4b4b-98e0-67e124160ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).