Maryland House Bill 957

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on April 14 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-14 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring each local school system to designate a local point of contact for certain communications, to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards, and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually review and, if necessary, update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; requiring the Department to advise local school systems on certain functions; etc.

Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations

Del. Chao Wu [D]	Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. April Rose [R]
Del. Ryan Spiegel [D]

2026-04-08 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-03-21 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 129 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-14	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 34
2026-04-08	House	Returned Passed
2026-04-08	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2026-04-03	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-02	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-21	House	Third Reading Passed (129-0)
2026-03-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {903929/1 Adopted
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-02-19	House	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-05	House	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

SB601 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-14 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	4	148	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	5	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	5	2A-02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	5	2A-04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	5	406	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0957?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0957f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0957t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_34_hb0957t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0007/hb0957_90392901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0957_gvc.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0957_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0704.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0842.pdf