| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | SB101 | Pass | Adding correctional officers as eligible recipients in the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and Probation Agents and the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| MD | SB285 | Pass | Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 |
| MD | SB324 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | SB420 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 |
| MD | SB486 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, or Veterinary Medic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 672 |
| MD | SB509 | Pass | Implementing the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program in the State through which Pell Grants may be awarded to students enrolled in a certain short-term program; requiring the Governor, after consultation with certain entities, to determine whether t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 724 |
| MD | HB845 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 |
| MD | HB849 | Pass | Prohibiting a freeze in enrollment in the Child Care Scholarship Program from including certain individuals enrolled in certain governmental support programs, children with siblings enrolled in the Program, and children who are homeless; requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 |
| MD | HB852 | Pass | Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
| MD | HB809 | Pass | Specifying the intern fellowships that exist in the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; increasing the maximum scholarship award amount under the Program from $5,000 to $6,000; and requiring the Governor, beginning in f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 |
| MD | SB597 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland to provide a single nexus for certain stakeholders in artificial intelligence initiatives to advance artificial intelligence in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| MD | HB1075 | Pass | Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include students attending the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and enrolled in certain degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 |
| MD | SB728 | Pass | Altering the eligibility for the Community College Promise Scholarship to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware; authorizing an institution of postsecondary education to award a scholarship un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 |
| MD | HB1321 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | SB198 | Pass | Requiring Prince George's Community College, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study and program design assessment for aerospace and aviation systems technology workforce training programs; requiring Prince...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 784 |
| MD | HB3 | Pass | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | HB231 | Pass | Delaying the decentralization of the Guaranteed Access Grant Program until the 2029-2030 financial aid award year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 |
| MD | HB232 | Pass | Expanding the institutions to include trade, or career schools recognized by the Maryland Higher Education Commission or the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council and the types of expenses in connection with which tuition assistance may be pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 |
| MD | SB7 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after June 30, 2030; and repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 59 |
| MD | SB207 | Pass | Delaying the decentralization of the Guaranteed Access Grant Program until the 2029-2030 financial aid award year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99 |
| MD | SB142 | Pass | Expanding the institutions to include trade or career schools recognized by the Maryland Higher Education Commission or the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council and the types of expenses in connection with which tuition assistance may be prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 |
| MD | HB720 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after June 30, 2030; and repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 |
| MD | SB508 | Pass | Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| MD | HB1428 | Pass | Adding two student members to the Somerset County Board of Education; altering who appoints an individual to fill a vacancy on the board to be the County Commissioners of Somerset County instead of the Governor; increasing the annual compensation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 |
| MD | HB700 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for certain eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB1311 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing certain student financial assistance; and requiring incarcerated individuals who meet eligibility criteria for certain student financi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retention ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| MD | SB554 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing provisions of law related to the Baltimore City Public School Board Community Panel; altering the process for appointments to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring the Mayor of Baltimore City to hold a public hearing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB436 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the compensation of the president, the vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB628 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Foster Care Transition Grant Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that, beginning in fiscal year 2028, an individual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB900 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting an applicant for a senatorial scholarship from certain examination requirements if the applicant is registered for or is planning to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB877 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by August 1 every 2 years, beginning in 2027; and requiring the Commission to develop and publish a data dictionary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB910 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education, for applications received after July 1, 2026, to establish a framework to prioritize the children of individuals who provide care for children in licensed child care centers, registered family child care h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1231 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1313 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that incarcerated individuals are exempt, subject to certain conditions, from paying tuition at public institutions of higher education in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1505 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding correctional officers as eligible recipients in the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and Probation Agents and the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to assist in the repayment of higher education loans owed by State employees in order to attract, recruit, and retain these employees; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB273 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to an applicant who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Survivors' Dependents' Educational Assistance benefit as determined by the U.S. Department of Vetera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering eligibility for certain programs; providing certain mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB818 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring public institutions of higher education to provide free of charge room, board, and required books, course materials, supplies, and equipment to certain foster care recipients and homeless youth who qualify for a certain tuition exemption an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB884 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, to address a funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB329 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to approve and certify a nonprofit organization that meets certain requirements as a scholarship granting organization; requiring the Department, beginning in 2027, to annually provide the Secretary of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB409 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the compensation of the president, vice president, and other members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to be $25,000, $24,000, and $23,000, respectively; and increasing the scholarship award to $23,000 for a student member of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1039 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parent or legal guardian of a student who attends a failing school; requiring that a failing school continue to be designated as a faili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB945 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing a State admissions and amusement tax on gross receipts derived from certain admissions and amusement charges for admission to athletic competitions held at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus; imposing a supplemental surcharge on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB178 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in classical hematology with a focus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB628 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2027; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a framework, for applications received after July 1, 2026, to prioritize the children of individuals who provide care for children in licensed child care centers, registered family child care h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
