---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements"
description: "Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Maryland HB 416 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d679dbd-00d7-4f61-be92-824bc97f7e48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0416?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "71ae9d5a773e1b3a01fe0762513f807ec27b3c401b23b95f37c157715b8f8ba7"
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 416 (2024) — Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_182_hb0416e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0416e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0416f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0416t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d679dbd-00d7-4f61-be92-824bc97f7e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).