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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Freedom to Read Act"
+description: "Freedom to Read Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 738"
+citation: "Maryland SB 738 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Kramer", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "McCray", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0738?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "92975f58da41b87fc029eeacd412c74cc33785e9874acf9f8d80f6a344661d47"
+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 738 (2024) — Freedom to Read Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_130_sb0738e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738e.pdf)
+3. **First - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **101–38** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Amendment Ready /863729/1 — **13–32** (fail) · upper
+- Floor Amendment Ready /273022/1 — **12–33** (fail) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **36–10** (pass) · upper
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Washington — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Kelly — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+- M. Washington — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m.
+- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/12 (Senator Ready) Adopted
+- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
+- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
+- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+