Substantive final action

HB856

Third Reading Passed

Local School Systems - Educator Screening - Educator Identification Clearinghouse (School Personnel Vetting and Hiring Transparency Act)

Passed House March 13, 2026⭐ Substantive final action

131Yea

1Nay

4Not voting

5Absent

Group legislators by

Yea (131)

Gabriel Acevero D

Christopher Adams R

Jackie Addison D

Nick Allen D

Tiffany Alston D

Marlon Amprey D

Kevin Anderson R

Steven Arentz R

Lauren Arikan R

Heather Bagnall D

Terry Baker R

Ben Barnes D

Sandy Bartlett D

Barry Beauchamp R

Dylan Behler D

Harry Bhandari D

Adrian Boafo D

Regina Boyce D

Jason Buckel R

Jon Cardin D

Mark Chang D

Lorig Charkoudian D

Brian Chisholm R

Barrie Ciliberti R

Luke Clippinger D

Derrick Coley D

Frank Conaway D

Charlotte Crutchfield D

Debra Davis D

Eric Ebersole D

Mark Edelson D

Elizabeth Embry D

Kris Fair D

Diana Fennell D

Mark Fisher R

April Fleming Miller R

Linda Foley D

Catherine Forbes D

David Fraser-hidalgo D

Jeff Ghrist R

Michael Griffith R

Michele Guyton D

Pam Guzzone D

Andrea Harrison D

Wayne Hartman R

Anne Healey D

Terri Hill D

Jim Hinebaugh R

Marvin Holmes D

Kevin Hornberger R

Seth Howard R

Tom Hutchinson R

Julian Ivey D

Jay Jacobs R

Andre Johnson D

Steve Johnson D

Dana Jones D

Anne Kaiser D

Aaron Kaufman D

Ken Kerr D

Nicholaus Kipke R

Marc Korman D

Mary Lehman D

Robbyn Lewis D

Bob Long R

Jeffrie Long D

Lesley Lopez D

Nino Mangione R

Ashanti Martinez D

Aletheia McCaskill D

Susan McComas R

Ric Metzgar R

Bernice Mireku-North D

David Moon D

Gabriel Moreno D

Matt Morgan R

Todd Morgan R

Ryan Nawrocki R

LaToya Nkongolo R

Darrell Odom D

Julie Palakovich Carr D

Cheryl Pasteur D

Edith Patterson D

Joseline Pena-Melnyk D

Scott Phillips D

Jesse Pippy R

Andrew Pruski D

Pamela Queen D

Teresa Reilly R

Kent Roberson D

Mike Rogers D

April Rose R

Samuel Rosenberg D

Kim Ross D

Malcolm Ruff D

Sheila Ruth D

Sheree Sample-Hughes D

Matthew Schindler D

Stuart Schmidt R

Emily Shetty D

Gary Simmons D

Karen Simpson D

Stephanie Smith D

Jared Solomon D

Ryan Spiegel D

Dana Stein D

Vaughn Stewart D

Sean Stinnett D

Joshua Stonko R

Kathy Szeliga R

Deni Taveras D

Kym Taylor D

Jen Terrasa D

Karen Toles D

Chris Tomlinson R

Veronica Turner D

Kriselda Valderrama D

William Valentine R

Joe Vogel D

Courtney Watson D

Melissa Wells D

Jennifer White Holland D

Jheanelle Wilkins D

C.T. Wilson D

Greg Wims D

William Wivell R

Sarah Wolek D

Jamila Woods D

Teresa Woorman D

Chao Wu D

Natalie Ziegler D

Nay (1)

Robin Grammer R

Not Voting (4)

Christopher Bouchat R

Lily Qi D

Nicole Williams D

Caylin Young D

Absent (5)

Brian Crosby D

Bonnie Cullison D

Jessica Feldmark D

Adrienne Jones D

Denise Roberts D

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Source provenance

LegiScan roll-call ID: 1664852
LegiScan bill ID: 2106905
Session ID: 2240
Individual records rendered: 141
Source file: var/states/maryland/source/legiscan/2240-842f860f45b5/vote/1664852.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:49:46+00:00
Final-action classification: Matched this state's reviewed final-vote patterns.