republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-575.md

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Bill	Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement	Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 575	Maryland HB 575 (2026)	bill		enacted	Addison Coley Ebersole Feldmark Mireku-North Palakovich Carr Pasteur Patterson Roberson Vogel Wilkins Wims Young	4	16	3	2026-01-28	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b0728494-c6dd-466f-bf5f-9ceaeeda40a7	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0575?ys=2026RS	d0fa84c8eb3c788a68ed65ca2b8d6d0c9877612ee0e0d68740e6d9b269090ba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 575 (2026) — Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Civic Engagement (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Civic Engagement (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 114–16 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 114–20 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 43–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Addison — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Vogel — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means 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 Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-13 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0728494-c6dd-466f-bf5f-9ceaeeda40a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).