Maryland Senate Bill 734 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on May 13 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-13 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring each county board of education, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to ensure that a certain student is screened to identify if the student is at risk for reading difficulties; requiring the screening instrument to be based on foundational reading skills that include phonological and phonemic awareness and processing; requiring the county board to provide supplemental reading instruction and parental notification in cases where it is determined a student is at risk for reading difficulties; etc.

Education - Students With Reading Difficulties - Screenings and Interventions

Sen. Craig Zucker [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]
Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]

2019-03-27 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-19 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-16 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-13	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512
2019-04-02	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2019-04-02	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2019-04-02	Senate	Senate Concur - House Amendments
2019-03-27	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
2019-03-26	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-26	House	Favorable with Amendments {255465/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-25	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2019-03-19	House	Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-19	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2019-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-14	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {864034/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-14	Senate	Special Order until later today (Senator Eckardt) Adopted
2019-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {864034/1
2019-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2019-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0734?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0734f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0734t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0734e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_512_sb0734e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0734_86403401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0734_25546501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0734.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0734_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0617.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0734_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0950.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0938.pdf