---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)"
description: "Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Maryland HB 448 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Guyton", "Henson", "Korman", "Pasteur", "Reznik"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09141995-1ea2-4575-8a9f-42186ceff885"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0448?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "52f1cf83427c53613b82afb66e3e6a70ee04f5cb6150ecc6112f6b841a38a316"
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 448 (2023) — Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_648_hb0448e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0448e.pdf)
3. **First - Nonpublic Education - Special Education Placements - Renaming and Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0448f.pdf)
4. **Third - Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0448t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09141995-1ea2-4575-8a9f-42186ceff885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).