---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility"
description: "Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Maryland SB 175 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d23e1d-936a-4759-ba70-3f4ffe1e3247"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0175?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "afe09264d8ee0d5580123f6294a2a17054eeb150ecc69c8dbfa7a370f20ff387"
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 175 (2023) — Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_639_sb0175t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0175f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland School for the Blind - Public School Construction Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0175t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d23e1d-936a-4759-ba70-3f4ffe1e3247`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).