republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-570.md

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Bill	Visual Impairments – Requirements for Student Vision Screening and Information (Atticus Act)	Visual Impairments – Requirements for Student Vision Screening and Information (Atticus Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 570	Maryland SB 570 (2018)	bill	Primary and Secondary Education Public Health Assessments Blind Persons Committees and Commissions Continuing Education Counties Data Disclosure Education Boards of Evidence Examinations Forms Health Health Department of Health Occupations Job Training Licenses Local Government Mandates Medical Assistance Nonprofit Organizations Notices Ophthalmologists Optometrists Parents and Guardians Private Schools Public Information Public Schools Records Reports Rules and Regulations Students Teachers	enacted	Bates	1	15	2	2018-01-31	2018-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/6c1b677c-6442-4708-8aae-24c4a286ad55	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB570&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	979c5c446242ef1f10eab27a8eece8ed9c8932e9f1e0037428d6f83d83ba3914	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 570 (2018) — Visual Impairments – Requirements for Student Vision Screening and Information (Atticus Act)

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bates — primary (person)
• Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Salling — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-02 Favorable with Amendments {364935/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-02 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-03 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-03 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 Rereferred to Ways and Means
• 2018-04-05 Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-07 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-07 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (136-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-04-24 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c1b677c-6442-4708-8aae-24c4a286ad55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).