---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning"
description: "Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 507"
citation: "Maryland SB 507 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Kagan", "Watson", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e4b333-c27f-4c4a-8132-870d54dab498"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0507?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3bd4afb0d7ed2d27b91b344e228cbd71dfc058c1ba1865c0c8ad8b4cf03dc325"
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 507 (2026) — Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_665_sb0507t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0507f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0507t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e4b333-c27f-4c4a-8132-870d54dab498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).