---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations"
description: "State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 604"
citation: "Maryland HB 604 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Boyce", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "C. Watson", "Cardin", "Carr", "Chang", "Crosby", "Cullison", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Ghrist", "Guyton", "Haynes", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Ivey", "Kerr", "Kittleman", "Korman", "Krimm", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Mosby", "P. Young", "R. Lewis", "Solomon", "Stein", "Terrasa", "Valentino-Smith", "Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14e3d214-0904-41da-b773-effd512ba834"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0604?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f0c38bad938471e335f5861815b94c63d1630799c0c9635bb311a8375c0e2811"
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 604 (2020) — State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_272_hb0604t.pdf)
2. **First - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0604f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Libraries - Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and State Library Board - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0604t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Haynes — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kittleman — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 272 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14e3d214-0904-41da-b773-effd512ba834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).