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MD HB 1604

died on adjournment

Public School System Contracts - Prohibited Provisions

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 1604 pass?

No. MD HB 1604 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): Referred Rules

What is MD HB 1604 about?

MD HB 1604 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Public School System Contracts - Prohibited Provisions”.

Who sponsors MD HB 1604?

Kerr is the primary sponsor of MD HB 1604.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-10 — Referred Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kerrprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-10

    Referred Rules

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-09

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  3. 2026-04-09

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  4. 2026-04-09

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-09

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-03-18

    Hearing 3/18 at 12:30 p.m.

  7. 2026-03-18

    Hearing canceled

  8. 2026-03-17

    Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.

  9. 2026-03-16

    Rereferred to Ways and Means

  10. 2026-02-17

    First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - Public School System Contracts - Prohibited ProvisionsCompare
  • First - Public School System Contracts - Prohibited ProvisionsCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-24 · pass · 134-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Metzgar: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Crosby: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Boafo: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Alston: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Roberts: absent
    • Smith: absent
    • Williams: absent

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