---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Libraries - Reorganization of Governance Structure"
description: "Education - Libraries - Reorganization of Governance Structure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1094"
citation: "Maryland HB 1094 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Miscellaneous", "Administrative Agencies", "Annotated Code of Maryland", "Appropriations", "Committees and Commissions", "Deaf Persons", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Libraries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a235ad10-38f0-4434-882b-42ff3c5b5bff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1094&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "09cf5719a39acc95d9da473e52b828eb15f42a3ca6f1344b6b4bbcca2b260f4b"
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 1094 (2017) — Education - Libraries - Reorganization of Governance Structure

## 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/hb1094f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hixson — primary (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {825865/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (128-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {959731/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a235ad10-38f0-4434-882b-42ff3c5b5bff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).