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type: "Bill"
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title: "Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025"
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description: "Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 455"
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citation: "Maryland HB 455 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cardin", "Charkoudian", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Fennell", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "McComas", "Palakovich Carr", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Spiegel", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Valderrama", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ca24b23-fe17-4a51-a229-68e2ef10bf56"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0455?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "13cef0b4c3de25ad1c9b83878e09dce24841452ecbd0e9a03f130ab47576ac08"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 455 (2025) — Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_252_hb0455t.pdf)
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2. **First - Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0455f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0455t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Attar — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Charkoudian — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Fennell — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hutchinson — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- M. Morgan — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- McComas — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Reilly — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Spiegel — primary (person)
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- Szeliga — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Valderrama — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Wims — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ca24b23-fe17-4a51-a229-68e2ef10bf56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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