---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Remote Classroom Technology Grant Program - Establishment (Peyton's Bill)"
description: "Education - Remote Classroom Technology Grant Program - Establishment (Peyton's Bill)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Maryland SB 485 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Appropriations", "Education", "State Department of", "Grants", "Health", "Industry and Technology", "Rules and Regulations", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serafini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5669813-618e-4a80-b2ff-bede03fe85cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB485&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "83b8a0b0d1a798a99d6064658d1f9d9788e7d198be163ad7329f04ea78c2491b"
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 485 (2017) — Education - Remote Classroom Technology Grant Program - Establishment (Peyton's Bill)

## 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/sb/sb0485f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Serafini — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** Favorable with Amendments {644538/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5669813-618e-4a80-b2ff-bede03fe85cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).