---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding"
description: "State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "Maryland SB 859 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73909d8b-ed32-4757-9000-d0d8dd16b5e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0859?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f57832693b4d89c37c5c95d79eefef540633e519cd82067516403796ea97b160"
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 859 (2024) — State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_169_sb0859t.pdf)
2. **First - State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0859f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0859t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73909d8b-ed32-4757-9000-d0d8dd16b5e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).