---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established"
description: "Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1084"
citation: "Maryland SB 1084 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7e9fd7-d757-47fd-81ba-7ca31d593b42"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1084?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a424cba532526287236e88e981bce14742bf505bf8ed8d8e68ab1c76a3f097a1"
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 1084 (2024) — Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_442_sb1084t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Commission for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1084f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1084t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/01 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-02-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-28** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 442 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e7e9fd7-d757-47fd-81ba-7ca31d593b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).