---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions"
description: "Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Maryland SB 311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Accountability and Implementation Board", "President"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3066e085-1922-4a72-82d7-67265714765b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0311?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "796aecfee390c8b7608ebc84ae0168c7836881da7f6ffc8dfeb3eec118b03958"
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 311 (2026) — Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_602_sb0311e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0311e.pdf)
3. **First - Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0311f.pdf)
4. **Third - Education - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0311t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **96–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **30–11** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–13** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Fisher /963924/1 — **39–92** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **100–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Accountability and Implementation Board — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Motion to Commit to Budget and Taxation Committee (Senator Salling) Rejected
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **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 Appropriations Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Watson and Carozza)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Watson and Carozza)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Smith, Forbes and Ebersole)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Smith, Forbes and Ebersole)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Smith) Adopted
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3066e085-1922-4a72-82d7-67265714765b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).