---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity"
description: "Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1076"
citation: "Maryland HB 1076 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Boafo", "Crutchfield", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Henson", "Holmes", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Korman", "Lehman", "Martinez", "Miller", "Pasteur", "Pena-Melnyk", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Schmidt", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62d4027-36ef-4868-80a9-195e61fef86a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1076?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8ec0eb68cdb1ea66f7bc4ae697363e9c82b3362006d6fadcd05d38a14e2477f6"
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 1076 (2024) — Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb1076e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1076t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `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`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a62d4027-36ef-4868-80a9-195e61fef86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).