HB 837 — Education - Student Athletic Activities - Cardiovascular Prescreening
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
Requiring certain nonpublic schools that offer athletic activities for students to develop policies and programs to provide certain information on sudden cardiac arrest to persons participating in the nonpublic school's athletic programs; requiring a physical examination for student participation in an interscholastic sport to include a cardiovascular prescreening to assess an individual's heart health, identify risk factors, and underlying abnormalities; requiring notification of certain persons if risk factors are detected; etc.
Latest action: — In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Sponsors (5)
- Eric Ebersole (D, MD-44) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jessica Feldmark (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Regina T. Boyce (D, MD-43) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Kris Fair (D, MD-3) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (6)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate education, energy, and the environment | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Ebersole (D, state_lower MD-44) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jessica Feldmark (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kris Fair (D, state_lower MD-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Regina T. Boyce (D, state_lower MD-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate education, energy, and the environment · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg