---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established"
description: "Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 797"
citation: "Maryland SB 797 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/454885ca-2b89-46fb-b6e3-83261b5bb1f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0797?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ccc1374a8bb399bd64abe2d2d0e66856b7477dc757daa49a1ebb9fa085624fb"
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 797 (2024) — Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_170_sb0797e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0797e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0797f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0797t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–2** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/454885ca-2b89-46fb-b6e3-83261b5bb1f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).