---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023"
description: "Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "Maryland HB 1219 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Administration", "Amprey", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Boafo", "Charkoudian", "Charles", "Crosby", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Grossman", "Harris", "Henson", "Ivey", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pruski", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Rogers", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Taveras", "Turner", "Vogel", "Wells", "White", "Williams", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a01cef-4e47-4a10-9aad-fd44f2026792"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1219?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b43b37ff9081fe47555740c14d13f0abc8b660f1d17bd8094e93c48d37d2c036"
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 1219 (2023) — Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_627_hb1219e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1219e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1219f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1219t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-02-14** Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33a01cef-4e47-4a10-9aad-fd44f2026792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).