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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
+description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 457"
+citation: "Maryland HB 457 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Coley", "D. Jones", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Ivey", "Lehman", "Palakovich Carr", "Ross", "Ruth", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca90e6ff-3e47-497c-99b4-a97a0fd4467f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0457?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "01c3f0946ab9b16b70a3a78ae204bf792b1fd50c0beaa633132cf919f75b784d"
+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 457 (2026) — Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_722_hb0457t.pdf)
+2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0457f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0457t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **106–30** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **24–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** First Reading Appropriations and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
+- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)
+- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (Health)
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca90e6ff-3e47-497c-99b4-a97a0fd4467f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+