Maryland Senate Bill 324

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Department of Education, and public senior higher education institutions to establish eligibility requirements for the direct admission program; requiring a student to have completed all prerequisite courses, met certain eligibility requirements, and applied by a certain deadline; etc.

Higher Education - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Direct Admission Program and Study

Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]

2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 136 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-20 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613
2026-04-13	Senate	Returned Passed
2026-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (136-1)
2026-04-09	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-09	House	Favorable Report by Appropriations
2026-04-07	House	Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
2026-04-07	House	Hearing canceled
2026-04-07	House	Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m.
2026-04-07	House	Hearing canceled
2026-03-26	House	Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-21	House	Referred Appropriations
2026-03-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (41-0)
2026-03-19	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-19	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {953921/1 Adopted
2026-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-01-29	Senate	Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-22	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

HB700 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-13 - Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	10	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	15	101.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	7	205.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0324?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0324f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0324t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_613_sb0324t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0324_95392101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0324_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0324_app.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0581.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1566.pdf