---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established"
description: "Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Maryland SB 204 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Attar", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gallion", "Gile", "Harris", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "King", "Lewis Young", "Love", "M. Washington", "McKay", "Ready", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-08-20"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f1a5307-63a0-4ddf-9d8e-f8b90b302cc0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0204?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8e959a45105ede785ccf0ad775be5c9e695aeafc01680e0ee172cda834a20c70"
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 204 (2026) — Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_677_sb0204e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0204e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0204f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0204t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-20** 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** 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.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f1a5307-63a0-4ddf-9d8e-f8b90b302cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).