---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Emergency and Evacuation Plans - Individuals With Disabilities"
description: "Education - Emergency and Evacuation Plans - Individuals With Disabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1061"
citation: "Maryland HB 1061 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Committees and Commissions", "Disabilities", "Education", "State Department of", "Emergencies", "Public Schools", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef843f4-909a-49ba-bfc5-fa3f358c2357"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1061&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "67912250b74b3c222e9e217c098a57a2543424100e4a8715022be681a1eb21d4"
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 1061 (2017) — Education - Emergency and Evacuation Plans - Individuals With Disabilities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1061f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Favorable with Amendments {385369/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ef843f4-909a-49ba-bfc5-fa3f358c2357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).