---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization"
description: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Maryland HB 293 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e506217-d093-4990-b1d9-73174a2cf1ea"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0293?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "527d93ac24c286301813dde17747417fa411fa4f8f1f0f4ad2663290d7062529"
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 293 (2026) — Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_100_hb0293t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0293f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0293t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** 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`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Muse) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 100 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e506217-d093-4990-b1d9-73174a2cf1ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).