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type: "Bill"
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title: "Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools"
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description: "Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 879"
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citation: "Maryland HB 879 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Conaway", "Embry", "J. Lewis", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Phillips", "R. Lewis", "Ruff", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Young"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fd1506c-afcb-4e8a-aac4-da83ecc8e9a3"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0879?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "2d18ec06928513169e55c1189a451995b5f88ec93ae37aee0b67b53771cdeb40"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 879 (2025) — Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_243_hb0879e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0879e.pdf)
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3. **First - Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0879f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0879t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Addison — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Charkoudian — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Embry — primary (person)
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- J. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Mireku-North — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- Shetty — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Wells — primary (person)
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- Wilkins — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-14** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-02-14** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-19** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-02-19** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fd1506c-afcb-4e8a-aac4-da83ecc8e9a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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