---
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: "HB 311"
citation: "Maryland HB 311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Holmes", "Kaufman", "S. Johnson", "Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8440ce10-944a-4922-bfa3-63827bdf3969"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0311?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bb592b9c186daafe0b0d42557a157196ee9ac09b479f515ca7e5f9dc312b2cc8"
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 HB 311 (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_666_hb0311t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0311f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0311t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Muse) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8440ce10-944a-4922-bfa3-63827bdf3969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).