--- type: "Bill" title: "Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System" description: "Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 326" citation: "Maryland HB 326 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole"] version_count: 3 action_count: 15 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2026-01-16" last_action: "2026-05-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e90b08a-8c92-4f2a-8c4f-1572fa4c941e" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0326?ys=2026RS" source_hash: "4634ea4c49a3bf7b5937242942e6d7a807afe3d1462b881acc7306150a4b6090" 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 326 (2026) — Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_648_hb0326t.pdf) 2. **First - Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0326f.pdf) 3. **Third - Education - Maryland Center for School Safety - Anonymous Reporting System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0326t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper - On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Ebersole — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-16** 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. - **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee` - **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. - **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed - **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-04-13** Returned Passed - **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e90b08a-8c92-4f2a-8c4f-1572fa4c941e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).