---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)"
description: "Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Maryland SB 720 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Hester", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3743931d-ca49-4662-a883-2ea52fb2f89d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0720?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "afb080f04a0ff78c482a020443e480cb3842e307fbd16523be1921e160088158"
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 720 (2026) — Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_634_sb0720e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0720t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 2/26 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.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3743931d-ca49-4662-a883-2ea52fb2f89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).