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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)"
+description: "Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 617"
+citation: "Maryland SB 617 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ferguson", "Hayes", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a3ce35-6597-4325-9481-c55cfb39ed86"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0617?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "d6ae090863f61527b99a4438b3c3186ce7fac94777355c30de698f0e3ce825bb"
+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 SB 617 (2022) — Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_215_sb0617e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0617e.pdf)
+3. **First - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0617f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0617t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-07** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-09** Hearing canceled
+- **2022-03-09** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 215 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a3ce35-6597-4325-9481-c55cfb39ed86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+