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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements"
+description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1244"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1244 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Boafo", "Davis", "Edelson", "Harris", "Henson", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Rogers", "Ruff", "Smith", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-08"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7864dbe-49c7-4808-b37b-877757039690"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1244?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "3d76c3a6dca1fa16b10d325bc7436a54d527531e914ad5aeb01f9c6239e2efca"
+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 1244 (2024) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_963_hb1244e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244e.pdf)
+3. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **132–3** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Edelson — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/27 at 12:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-29** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
+- **2024-03-29** House Requests Senate Recede
+- **2024-03-29** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Smith and Anderton)
+- **2024-04-03** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
+- **2024-04-03** House Requests Senate Recede
+- **2024-04-03** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Smith and Anderton)
+- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Recede
+- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Gallion)
+- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Recede
+- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Gallion)
+- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 963 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7864dbe-49c7-4808-b37b-877757039690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+