# Maryland SB 0378: State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment

Maryland SB 0378, State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0378
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368
- Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Education - Miscellaneous, Public Safety, Corrections, Children, Correctional Institutions -see also- Patuxent Institution, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Incarcerated Individuals, Libraries -see also- Archives, Literacy, Parents and Guardians, Pilot Programs, Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of, Recordings -see also- Video, Reports, Rules and Regulations, Sunset
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (182 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Free family reading for incarcerated parents: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland’s State Library Agency runs the Family Literacy Pilot Program. It works with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council. Incarcerated people record themselves reading children’s books aloud, and each child rec…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dalya Attar (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Malcolm Augustine (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian J. Feldman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Katie Fry Hester (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mary Washington (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ron Watson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 136 | 3 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-05-06: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368
- 2025-04-03: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Third Reading Passed (136-3) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing 3/19 at 2:15 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-28: Referred Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-02-27: Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Favorable with Amendments {753126/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_368_sb0378t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0378t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0378f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_368_sb0378t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0378t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0378f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0378-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).