---
type: "Bill"
title: "University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)"
description: "University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "Maryland HB 318 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron", "Boyce", "Carr", "Charkoudian", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Hettleman", "Kerr", "Lierman", "Love", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Wells", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc3e655-2d8d-43e6-afea-d96deb6d09fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0318?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c347bfc83dfe382728ae549b944c852a85ba4732a8b496f0451a30b09ef0f37b"
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 318 (2020) — University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_hb0318t.pdf)
2. **First - University System of Maryland - Textbooks - Availability of Free Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0318f.pdf)
3. **Third - University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials (Textbook Transparency Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0318t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 165 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebc3e655-2d8d-43e6-afea-d96deb6d09fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).