---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement"
description: "County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Maryland SB 602 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Hettleman", "Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea0a177e-da45-4170-bf1c-11ac726feb98"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0602?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "19d41ec27c94ba912d69379e15019a71eed1714376354c4641400b33ae1794b0"
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 602 (2025) — County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_543_sb0602t.pdf)
2. **First - County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0602f.pdf)
3. **Third - County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0602t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea0a177e-da45-4170-bf1c-11ac726feb98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).