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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning"
+description: "Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 311"
+citation: "Maryland HB 311 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Holmes", "Kaufman", "S. Johnson", "Shetty"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8440ce10-944a-4922-bfa3-63827bdf3969"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0311?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "bb592b9c186daafe0b0d42557a157196ee9ac09b479f515ca7e5f9dc312b2cc8"
+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 311 (2026) — Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_666_hb0311t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0311f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0311t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Muse) Adopted
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8440ce10-944a-4922-bfa3-63827bdf3969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+