---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare"
description: "State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Maryland SB 218 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-29"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9170687-3aee-44bc-8532-df1e9072f14e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0218?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7dcb8daad5257c0b3308d1127f5bef373d1c804c1bc66ed8b08609a83af0b0c3"
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 218 (2026) — State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_598_sb0218e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0218e.pdf)
3. **First - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0218f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0218t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **96–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **34–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-29** 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.
- **2026-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-25** 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.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9170687-3aee-44bc-8532-df1e9072f14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).