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Bills/2026 Regular Session

SB 507

EnactedCrossfile HB 311
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Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning

Sponsor: Craig J. Zucker (District 14)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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 confidential 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.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 26FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMiller Smith, NoraLeague of Women Voters MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMurphy, JDMD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)Position only
FAVMDAD President, MDAD PresidentMaryland Association of the DeafWritten (PDF)
FAVBuckheit, KimberlyMaryland Center for School SafetyWritten (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVZucker, CraigMaryland State SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVZucker, CraigMaryland State SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVEstochen, ElizabethN/APosition only
FAVOthman, RonzaNational Federation of the Blind of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVLouisell, Chandlerindividual residentPosition only
FAVGraham, LizzyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKolp, AndeIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKrone, ChristinelobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVPlantz, DorothyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRice, MatIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVScott, LoriIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Zucker, Senator ZuckerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Zucker, Senator ZuckerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVShopland, JamieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWACarter, Alita-GeriQualequity AccessWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

BCRWFAV 1
Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1
individual residentFAV 1
League of Women Voters MarylandFAV 1
Maryland Association of the DeafFAV 1
Maryland Center for School SafetyFAV 1
Maryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilFAV 2
Maryland State Department of EducationFAV 2
Maryland State SenateFAV 2
MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)FAV 1
N/AFAV 1
National Federation of the Blind of MarylandFAV 1
Qualequity AccessFWA 1
YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…