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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas"
+description: "Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 689"
+citation: "Maryland HB 689 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Buckel", "Griffith", "Hinebaugh", "Rose", "Schmidt"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2023-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fc9b61-7c6e-4284-8083-d60d763798f1"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0689?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "d3550b4d4a5eab7e6230a243d2965dd2ea3a904cd2951dabd8678dc2a5df60d6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 689 (2023) — Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_741_hb0689t.pdf)
+2. **First - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0689f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0689t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baker — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8fc9b61-7c6e-4284-8083-d60d763798f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+