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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)"
+description: "Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 720"
+citation: "Maryland SB 720 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Hester", "Watson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3743931d-ca49-4662-a883-2ea52fb2f89d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0720?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "afb080f04a0ff78c482a020443e480cb3842e307fbd16523be1921e160088158"
+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 720 (2026) — Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_634_sb0720e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720e.pdf)
+3. **First - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–8** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-16** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3743931d-ca49-4662-a883-2ea52fb2f89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+