---
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: "SB 667"
citation: "Maryland SB 667 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cf422ba-430e-4d2f-a4ee-b73bba928de6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0667?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8941fe1d54fcad2082c642aac670fcf42f28ed0716bf9fdaa523779f9f6cfa3a"
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 667 (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_166_sb0667t.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/sb/sb0667f.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/sb/sb0667t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Reilly) Adopted
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 166 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cf422ba-430e-4d2f-a4ee-b73bba928de6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).