---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpublic Schools - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code"
description: "Nonpublic Schools - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "Maryland SB 465 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Public Safety", "Codes", "Communications", "Electronic Communication", "Fire Protection", "Public Schools", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3beca398-743b-42bf-926f-f2f04290984c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB465&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "0deb66fbedb31a7fb6dc46175dc127e2c8deaf88935e4b9f8c9cd59c2e307037"
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 465 (2019) — Nonpublic Schools - Fire Drill Requirements - State Fire Prevention Code

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0465f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **35–101** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **107–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Floor Amendment {633123/1 (Delegate Szeliga) Rejected (35-101) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (107-29) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3beca398-743b-42bf-926f-f2f04290984c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).