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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations"
+description: "State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 604"
+citation: "Maryland HB 604 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Boyce", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "C. Watson", "Cardin", "Carr", "Chang", "Crosby", "Cullison", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Ghrist", "Guyton", "Haynes", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Ivey", "Kerr", "Kittleman", "Korman", "Krimm", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Mosby", "P. Young", "R. Lewis", "Solomon", "Stein", "Terrasa", "Valentino-Smith", "Wells"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14e3d214-0904-41da-b773-effd512ba834"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0604?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "f0c38bad938471e335f5861815b94c63d1630799c0c9635bb311a8375c0e2811"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 604 (2020) — State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_272_hb0604t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0604f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0604t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- B. Barnes — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Barve — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- C. Jackson — primary (person)
+- C. Watson — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Carr — primary (person)
+- Chang — primary (person)
+- Crosby — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Haynes — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Kittleman — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Krimm — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Mosby — primary (person)
+- P. Young — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-28** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 272 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14e3d214-0904-41da-b773-effd512ba834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+