---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs"
description: "Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Maryland HB 1237 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Attar", "Edelson", "Foley", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Vogel", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e037cf-682f-4d1c-8e27-b390392ff715"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1237?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dbdd0ad4a7b0cab719e9218a99ef2ca8079dd1b0f98229b39e751540ae64df88"
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 1237 (2023) — Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_708_hb1237t.pdf)
2. **First - Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1237f.pdf)
3. **Third - Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1237t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Rereferred to Ways and Means and Judiciary
- **2023-03-07** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-07** Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-07** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41e037cf-682f-4d1c-8e27-b390392ff715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).