# Maryland HB 0630: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)

Maryland HB 0630, County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act), is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Adrian Boafo (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-01-29 (Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0630
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Last action: 2025-01-29, Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Adrian Boafo (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Subjects: Primary and Secondary Education, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Discipline, Education, Boards of, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Emergencies -see also- Pandemics, Medical Conditions -see also- AIDS; COVID-19; rabies, Mobile Devices, Social Media, Storage, Students, Telephones, Time
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Adrian Boafo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robin L. Grammer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marvin E. Holmes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron M. Kaufman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mary A. Lehman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mangione
- Cosponsor: Susan K. McComas (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Edith J. Patterson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: N. Scott Phillips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew J. Schindler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kym Taylor (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Tomlinson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joe Vogel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Wims (Democratic), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-01-29: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-23: First Reading Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0630f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0630f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0630-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).