republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-525.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)	County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 525	Maryland HB 525 (2026)	bill		enacted	Boafo Ebersole Griffith Hartman Hornberger Kaufman Mireku-North Moreno Patterson R. Long Schindler Solomon Taylor Vogel Wims Wolek Wu	4	15	3	2026-01-27	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/dcb91df0-d7f9-4379-8fda-ba9b1c6a14e2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0525?ys=2026RS	08adbbaa0bec7bfcc3e7015d0d82d8cd4ec68955c8671e7806f4e268b5b2e6a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 525 (2026) — County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 135–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 130–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boafo — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• R. Long — primary (person)
• Schindler — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Vogel — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Wolek — primary (person)
• Wu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-21 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-21 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-21 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-11 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-11 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-11 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcb91df0-d7f9-4379-8fda-ba9b1c6a14e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).