---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan"
description: "Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Maryland SB 720 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/effe7f78-cab4-45ba-99b5-d8375253a97d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0720?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6685bebbe66d8a351864bcef956b1ed3f01a8e5f7e0c757e436c157de209cff1"
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 720 (2021) — Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_424_sb0720t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Pay Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0720t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-19** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 424 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/effe7f78-cab4-45ba-99b5-d8375253a97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).