---
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: "SB 56"
citation: "Maryland SB 56 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ebe5d4-b1e9-4e40-ba5b-93aa0560e7ae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0056?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "34d31b36f5b02a91b9f1ebfe91a00b1a474d54ed52cb5b8cea86fae2df34392e"
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 SB 56 (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_101_sb0056t.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/sb/sb0056f.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/sb/sb0056t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Motion Special Order until 2/19 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Motion Special Order until 2/27 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/5 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Amendment {
- **2026-03-05** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30ebe5d4-b1e9-4e40-ba5b-93aa0560e7ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).