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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity"
+description: "Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1076"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1076 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Crutchfield", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Henson", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Korman", "Lehman", "Martinez", "Miller", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Schmidt", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Wu"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-07"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62d4027-36ef-4868-80a9-195e61fef86a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1076?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "8ec0eb68cdb1ea66f7bc4ae697363e9c82b3362006d6fadcd05d38a14e2477f6"
+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 1076 (2024) — Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb1076e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076e.pdf)
+3. **First - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Valderrama — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
+- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a62d4027-36ef-4868-80a9-195e61fef86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+