---
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: "SB 326"
citation: "Maryland SB 326 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carozza", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "Miller", "Patterson", "Peters", "Reilly", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8850c654-65a6-4c41-928e-cb863e03cc3a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0326?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "516da2f9641849442ee9cc540cd5d91c20cf2a65006acd01b2a2ffcac02fbed6"
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 326 (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_273_sb0326t.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/sb/sb0326f.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/sb/sb0326t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 273 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8850c654-65a6-4c41-928e-cb863e03cc3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).