---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education"
description: "Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "Maryland SB 610 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d9522d-c6f6-40f3-801f-090454868e9e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0610?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "75ac452351282ea811d2705ef45fa44de2ef09da125f347d5c9dc88035d074c2"
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 610 (2023) — Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_804_sb0610e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0610e.pdf)
3. **First - Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0610f.pdf)
4. **Third - Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0610t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 804 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38d9522d-c6f6-40f3-801f-090454868e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).