---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare"
description: "State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Maryland HB 288 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-29"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bab952e-2025-4c4d-81d7-b31109f395f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0288?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d8e0ffcad0f87286dae7311ead987421c796efbc33e30e0cfea1a69f1e0ef8be"
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 288 (2026) — State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_599_hb0288t.pdf)
2. **First - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0288f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0288t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bab952e-2025-4c4d-81d7-b31109f395f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).