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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: "HB 552"
citation: "Maryland HB 552 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Fair", "Harrison", "Hill", "Holmes", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Smith", "Solomon", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Wilson", "Woods", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cc5e38-e326-4af2-b518-445f4a70be20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0552?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2c36094b1f6919da34b49a1a9473b66990f44d4904cb8b4f4973e09884fe6414"
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 552 (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_608_hb0552e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552e.pdf)
3. **First - Independent Investigation of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0552t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1261** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **1291** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **420** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Addison — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-27** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Harris) Adopted
- **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 608 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cc5e38-e326-4af2-b518-445f4a70be20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).