---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individualized Education Programs - Studies"
description: "Individualized Education Programs - Studies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1240"
citation: "Maryland HB 1240 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Disabilities", "Education", "State Department of", "Hearings", "Judges", "Parents and Guardians", "Public Schools", "Reports", "Special Education", "Sunset", "Teachers", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8abf23bd-5921-4379-812a-b6f2638a1ea8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1240&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "762b3a62b10ef2e6fe987f48174da74d3a428c3e8b843b4dd25302cb498990ce"
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 1240 (2017) — Individualized Education Programs - Studies

## 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/hb1240f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kaiser — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {365065/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {164239/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (34-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 715 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8abf23bd-5921-4379-812a-b6f2638a1ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).