---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies"
description: "County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Maryland HB 161 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Fair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-07-01"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/917d21ad-07db-45d1-8643-61d160fa597d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0161?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "419a2087481cc6e35fe6402d23b18bec5ab57e5e68420489d9160f6c74b80af8"
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 161 (2025) — County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_245_hb0161e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0161e.pdf)
3. **First - Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0161f.pdf)
4. **Third - Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0161t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **95–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Rose /193927/1 — **38–92** (fail) · lower
- Previous Question — **95–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Motion Special Order until 02/12 (Delegate Rose) Adopted
- **2025-02-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-14** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted
- **2025-02-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/917d21ad-07db-45d1-8643-61d160fa597d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).