republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-738.md

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Bill	Freedom to Read Act	Freedom to Read Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 738	Maryland SB 738 (2024)	bill		enacted	A. Washington Beidle Benson Brooks Elfreth Feldman Ferguson Gile Guzzone Hettleman Jackson Kagan Kelly King Kramer Lewis Young M. Washington McCray Waldstreicher Zucker	4	22	5	2024-01-31	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0738?ys=2024RS&search=True	92975f58da41b87fc029eeacd412c74cc33785e9874acf9f8d80f6a344661d47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 738 (2024) — Freedom to Read Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Freedom to Read Act (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Freedom to Read Act (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Freedom to Read Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Freedom to Read Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — 101–38 (pass) · lower
• Floor Amendment Ready /863729/1 — 13–32 (fail) · upper
• Floor Amendment Ready /273022/1 — 12–33 (fail) · upper
• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 36–10 (pass) · upper
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 31–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Washington — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Benson — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Kelly — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• Lewis Young — primary (person)
• M. Washington — primary (person)
• McCray — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m.
• 2024-03-07 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Motion Special Order until 3/12 (Senator Ready) Adopted
• 2024-03-12 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-12 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-12 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-12 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-03-14 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-15 Referred Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2024-03-16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-27 Hearing canceled
• 2024-03-27 Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2024-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).