---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "Maryland SB 504 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Pinsky", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab3f7f3-6924-4be9-84fa-7731840b7ebc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0504?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7db3f0eca12ea15feed2d3ff67c0b84799fc47a59616edb35bccaa956488be68"
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 504 (2020) — Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_562_sb0504e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0504e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0504f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0504t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment Ready /453928/1 — **18–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **129–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Motion Special Order until 3/10 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2020-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Ebersole) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 562 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab3f7f3-6924-4be9-84fa-7731840b7ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).