---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment"
description: "Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "Maryland SB 776 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Harris", "Henson", "James", "Love", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ee86d8-cfc8-4f7f-894c-e5d70e88c0ce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0776?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "07aaed21f9f9fb282bd0f46e192241a306b5c6a09bde2a7fb3b8823b728d81f7"
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 776 (2026) — Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_607_sb0776t.pdf)
2. **First - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0776f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0776t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7ee86d8-cfc8-4f7f-894c-e5d70e88c0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).