# Maryland HB 1059: State Department of Education - Asian American History - Accurate Instruction

Maryland HB 1059, State Department of Education - Asian American History - Accurate Instruction, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kriselda Valderrama (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-26 (Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 1059
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: State Department of Education - Asian American History - Accurate Instruction
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-09
- Last action: 2026-03-26, Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: Primary and Secondary Education, Applicants and Applications, Appropriations, Awareness and Outreach, Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets, Communications -see also- ElecComm; Intergov; etc., Continuing Education, Curriculum, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Education, State Board of, Education, State Department of, Ethnic Affairs, Evaluations and Reviews, Governor, Grants, Historical Matters -see also- Archives; Monumts; Museum; etc, Job Training -see also- Continuing Ed; Vocational Rehab, Libraries -see also- Archives, Licenses -see also- AB Lic; Certifications; DrLic; Permits, Primary Schools -see also- Private Schools; Public Schools, Racial Matters -see also- Ethnic Affairs; Minorities, Reports, Secondary Schools -see also- Private Schools; Public Sch, Standards and Best Practices, Sunset, Teachers
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (131 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Harry Bhandari (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark S. Chang (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sarah Wolek (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chao Wu (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 131 | 7 | 2 |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-03-26: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Third Reading Passed (131-7) (House)
- 2026-03-21: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2026-03-21: Favorable with Amendments {753525/1 Adopted (House)
- 2026-03-21: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-02-13: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-02-09: First Reading Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2026-03-21: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1059t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-02-09: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1059f.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1059t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1059f.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1059-2026RS (as of 2026-10-19).