Maryland Senate Bill 685

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement to link to a centralized resource platform, and an after-action review plan; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy by September 1, 2027, and post in a conspicuous place on its website a link to a certain centralized resource platform; etc.

State Department of Education - Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Model Response Policy - Requirements

Sen. Dawn Gile [D]

2026-04-10 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-04-09 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639
2026-04-10	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2026-04-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-0)
2026-04-10	Senate	Senate Concurs House Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2026-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {673723/1 Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2026-03-23	House	Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-20	House	Referred Ways and Means
2026-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {793620/1 Adopted
2026-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-02-10	Senate	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB1168 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-10 - Referred Rules

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	4	148	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0685?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0685f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0685t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0685e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_639_sb0685e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0685_79362001.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0685_67372301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0685_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0685_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0502.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1275.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1136.pdf