2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB782: Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools

Legislative Summary

Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to study how best to detect deadly weapons in public middle and high schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement agency; requiring the Center to request any available assessment technologies evaluated under the Act; and requiring the Center to issue an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on the findings of the study, in a manner that does not jeopardize school safety, by December 1, 2026, to

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Bill History

1/29/2025
First Reading Ways and Means
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/14/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House of Delegates
3/14/2025
Favorable with Amendments {723727/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
3/14/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
3/18/2025
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
4/5/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
4/5/2025
Favorable with Amendments {163523/1
Senate
4/5/2025
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Jennings) Adopted
Senate
4/7/2025
Favorable with Amendments {163523/1 Adopted
Senate
4/7/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
4/7/2025
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Adopted
Senate
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/7/2025
House Concurs Senate Amendments
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Passed Enrolled
House of Delegates

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 163523/1

Favorable with Amendments 163523/1

4/5/2025Not Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 723727/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 723727/1 Adopted

3/14/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/7/2025
139
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/17/2025
136
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text4/9/2025139.0 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text3/14/202594.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/29/202578.7 KB
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