---
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: "SB 371"
citation: "Maryland SB 371 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30866ae-d808-4443-b3f8-81c0d5c13214"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0371?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3e81c9762fe331761874543e27e9a128e3bb0de4f338b47163e1d82136cc23b3"
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 371 (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_246_sb0371t.pdf)
2. **First - Special Education - Individualized Education Programs - Educational Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0371f.pdf)
3. **Third - Special Education - Individualized Education Programs - Educational Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0371t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30866ae-d808-4443-b3f8-81c0d5c13214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).