republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-218.md

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Bill	State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare	State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 218	Maryland SB 218 (2026)	bill		enacted		4	19	3	2025-09-29	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a9170687-3aee-44bc-8532-df1e9072f14e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0218?ys=2026RS	7dcb8daad5257c0b3308d1127f5bef373d1c804c1bc66ed8b08609a83af0b0c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 218 (2026) — State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare (committee substitute) — source
3. First - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Amend) — 96–37 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 39–6 (pass) · upper
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 34–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-29 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-02-24 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-25 Referred Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-03-16 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-25 Hearing canceled
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9170687-3aee-44bc-8532-df1e9072f14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).