---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools"
description: "Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 782"
citation: "Maryland HB 782 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Griffith", "Hornberger", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Patterson", "R. Long", "Roberts", "Vogel", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Wims", "Wu", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695c7352-c4c3-4579-a2fa-448c8abbd7ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0782?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dadd16ec4b1576d3e340ccb5f5d56ea297600cfa549ad4d442390f1c01c5c8b4"
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 782 (2025) — Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_244_hb0782e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0782e.pdf)
3. **First - Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0782f.pdf)
4. **Third - Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0782t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 244 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/695c7352-c4c3-4579-a2fa-448c8abbd7ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).