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Bill	Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response	Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 725	Maryland SB 725 (2018)	bill	Civil Actions and Procedures Primary and Secondary Education Assault Civil Actions Crimes and Punishments Electronic Communication Harassment Investigations and Inquiries Liability Notices Parents and Guardians Private Schools Protection Orders Public Schools School Administration Sexual Offenses Students Threats Victims	enacted	Zirkin	1	18	4	2018-02-02	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d205b3fc-d4b3-405f-8873-6cdc7860cb26	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB725&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	d31c6c160fc0d2c5dc0096ca16dd94ae621fc0f6778a1983f69d7a93806ee28e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 725 (2018) — Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — 134–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — 130–6 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Zirkin — primary (person)
• Brochin — cosponsor (person)
• Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
• Hough — cosponsor (person)
• Kelley — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Norman — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Ready — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-02 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
• 2018-02-07 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
• 2018-03-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Favorable with Amendments {428777/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-08 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-03-09 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Favorable with Amendments {992116/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Dumais) Adopted (130-6)
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-4) passage
• 2018-04-09 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d205b3fc-d4b3-405f-8873-6cdc7860cb26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).