# Maryland SB 0130: Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required

Maryland SB 0130, Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joanne C. Benson (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-04-07 (Third Reading Passed (140-0)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0130
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-09-05
- Last action: 2025-04-07, Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- Sponsor: Joanne C. Benson (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Primary and Secondary Education, Age -see also- Age of Maj; Children; Elderly; Inf&Tod.; etc, Communications -see also- ElecComm; Intergov; Telecom; etc., Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Discipline, Education, Boards of, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Education, State Department of, Internet -see also- Internet Access, Medical Conditions -see also- AIDS; COVID-19; rabies, Mobile Devices, Notices, Publications -see also- Maryland Register; Textbooks, Standards and Best Practices, Storage, Students, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Telephones, Time
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (183 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joanne C. Benson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dalya Attar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Malcolm Augustine (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian J. Feldman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mary Washington (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeff Waldstreicher (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ron Watson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 140 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (140-0) (House)
- 2025-04-03: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-03: Favorable with Amendments {743123/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-04-03: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-18: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable with Amendments {773424/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Hearing 1/29 at 2:30 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Hearing 1/29 at 1:30 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2024-09-05: Pre-filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0130t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0130f.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
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0130t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0130f.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-SB0130-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).