SB0720 — Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)
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 Senate
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 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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6 sponsors
1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best practices, and evaluative tools to assist local school systems in the evaluation of artificial intelligence tools selected for use by local school systems; establishing the Maryland AI Education Collaborative on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education; etc.
Bill Text
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Read SB0720 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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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
- Senator Katie Fry Hester · Primary
- Senator Dalya Attar · Cosponsor
- Senator Benjamin Brooks · Cosponsor
- Senator Brian J. Feldman · Cosponsor
- Senator Kevin M. Harris · Cosponsor
- Senator Ron Watson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 8 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Senator Katie Fry Hester Democrat
Co-sponsors (5)
- Senator Dalya Attar Democrat
- Senator Benjamin Brooks Democrat
- Senator Brian J. Feldman Democrat
- Senator Kevin M. Harris Democrat
- Senator Ron Watson Democrat
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"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 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 129 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 6% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (47)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB0720 do?
- Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best practices, and evaluative tools to assist local school systems in the evaluation of artificial intelligence tools selected for use by local school systems; establishing the Maryland AI Education Collaborative on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education; etc.
- Who sponsors SB0720?
- SB0720 is sponsored by Senator Katie Fry Hester (Democrat), Senator Dalya Attar (Democrat), Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Senator Brian J. Feldman (Democrat), Senator Kevin M. Harris (Democrat), and Senator Ron Watson (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB0720?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2026. Enacted.
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