# Maryland SB 0923: Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees

Maryland SB 0923, Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dawn Gile (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0923
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342
- Sponsor: Dawn Gile (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Primary and Secondary Education, State Government - Procurement, Associations -see also- Cooperative Associations, Civil Rights and Social Equity, Classifications and Designations, Contracts -see also- Procurement, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Education, Boards of, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Ethics, Fees -see also- Attys' Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes, Gender -see also- Women, Independent Contractors, Local Government Mandates, Procurement, Public Schools -see also- Primary Schools; Secondary Sch, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Secondary Schools -see also- Private Schools; Public Sch, Solicitation, Sports and Recreation, Time, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (224 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Equal pay for Maryland school sports officials: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland county school boards must ensure equal pay for officials in similar roles in state-designated similar sports. This covers officials working directly for schools or through contractors and officiating groups. Boards must reject bids that create unequal pay or fees fo…
- Schools can extend existing sports officiating contracts: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, local school systems may extend sports officiating contracts signed on or before that date. Extensions must align contract timelines for similar boys’ and girls’ sports and cannot run past July 1, 2029. Apart from this extension rule, the law applies going forward and does n…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dawn Gile (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dalya Attar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Malcolm Augustine (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mary Washington (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 137 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-05-06: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342
- 2025-04-07: Passed Enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (137-1) (House)
- 2025-04-05: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-05: Favorable with Amendments {473629/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m. (Ways and Means) (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) (House)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Referred Ways and Means Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-06: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Favorable with Amendments {283227/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Hearing 2/21 at 9:30 a.m. (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_sb0923e.pdf)
- Enrolled, 2025-04-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923e.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (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
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_sb0923e.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923e.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0923f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [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)
- [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-SB0923-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).