HB0311 — Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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5 sponsors
1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a disability in a manner that could impede evacuations or emergency response.
Bill Text
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Read HB0311 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Holmes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman · Primary
- A. Johnson · Cosponsor
- S. Johnson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Emily Shetty · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman Democrat
Co-sponsors (4)
- Delegate Holmes
- Johnson, A.
- Johnson, S.
- Delegate Emily Shetty Democrat
Not signed on (183)
183 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 183 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 80 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Republican | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 119 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| % of votes cast | 84% | 0% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0311 do?
- Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a disability in a manner that could impede evacuations or emergency response.
- Who sponsors HB0311?
- HB0311 is sponsored by Delegate Holmes, Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Johnson, A., Johnson, S., and Delegate Emily Shetty (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0311?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.
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