---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))"
description: "Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1582"
citation: "Maryland HB 1582 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63915e6-8327-497c-83d9-7894c601bc23"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1582?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "670689d8281162241e8b7adf69292bf9a7eeed3575d89d9bde2ee72b8485ed84"
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 1582 (2026) — Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_593_hb1582t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1582f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Program of Educational Accountability - Alterations (Comprehensive Outcomes and Measures of Progress for Supporting Schools (COMPASS Act))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1582t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63915e6-8327-497c-83d9-7894c601bc23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).