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type: "Bill"
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title: "Freedom to Read Act"
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description: "Freedom to Read Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 738"
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citation: "Maryland SB 738 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelly", "King", "Kramer", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "McCray", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-31"
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last_action: "2024-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0738?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "92975f58da41b87fc029eeacd412c74cc33785e9874acf9f8d80f6a344661d47"
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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 SB 738 (2024) — Freedom to Read Act
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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 - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_130_sb0738e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738e.pdf)
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3. **First - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Freedom to Read Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0738t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **101–38** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Amendment Ready /863729/1 — **13–32** (fail) · upper
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- Floor Amendment Ready /273022/1 — **12–33** (fail) · upper
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **36–10** (pass) · upper
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- A. Washington — primary (person)
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- Beidle — primary (person)
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- Benson — primary (person)
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- Brooks — primary (person)
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- Elfreth — primary (person)
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- Feldman — primary (person)
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- Ferguson — primary (person)
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- Gile — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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- Kagan — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Kramer — primary (person)
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- Lewis Young — primary (person)
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- M. Washington — primary (person)
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- McCray — primary (person)
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- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
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- Zucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-31** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m.
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- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/12 (Senator Ready) Adopted
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- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
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- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
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- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
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- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 `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/0abe7eac-7fd7-44cd-8880-609237d18b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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