2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
SB1091: Education – Blind and Visually Impaired Students – Textbook Equity
Legislative Summary
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide instructional materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks to a certain entity; etc.
Bill History
2/2/2024
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
2/9/2024
Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m.
Senate
3/13/2024
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
3/13/2024
Favorable with Amendments {933627/1 Adopted
Senate
3/13/2024
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/14/2024
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Senate
3/15/2024
Referred Ways and Means
House of Delegates
3/16/2024
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/27/2024
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/27/2024
Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
House of Delegates
4/1/2024
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House of Delegates
4/1/2024
Favorable with Amendments {163924/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
4/1/2024
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
4/4/2024
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
House of Delegates
4/4/2024
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
Senate
4/4/2024
Senate Requests House Recede
Senate
4/4/2024
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Watson, Lewis Young and Carozza)
Senate
4/8/2024
Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Senate Requests House Recede
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Watson, Lewis Young and Carozza)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
House Refuses Recede
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Palakovich Carr, Grossman and Mireku-North)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
House Refuses Recede
Senate
4/8/2024
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Palakovich Carr, Grossman and Mireku-North)
Senate
4/8/2024
Conference Committee Report {463727/1 Adopted
Senate
4/8/2024
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/8/2024
Conference Committee Report {463727/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Passed Enrolled
Senate
5/16/2024
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750
Senate
Amendments
Conference Committee Report 463727/1 Adopted
Conference Committee Report 463727/1 Adopted
4/8/2024Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 163924/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 163924/1 Adopted
4/1/2024Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 933627/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 933627/1 Adopted
3/13/2024Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading Passed
4/8/2024
137
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
4/8/2024
47
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
4/4/2024
139
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/14/2024
44
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(5/16/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 5
Republican: 3
Primary Sponsor

Ron Watson
Democrat