---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations"
description: "Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 716"
citation: "Maryland HB 716 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28163fb0-9beb-49ac-86cf-699971f2eb68"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0716?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ff98fa083c0a95f7e7a79bdeff3ae3b542e8d150e67415ab570fafa44fe9419f"
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 716 (2021) — Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_245_hb0716t.pdf)
2. **First - Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0716f.pdf)
3. **Third - Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0716t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28163fb0-9beb-49ac-86cf-699971f2eb68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).