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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program"
+description: "Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 623"
+citation: "Maryland HB 623 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "A. Jones", "Allen", "Arentz", "Bagnall", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "McComas", "Miller", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Queen", "Reilly", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Rose", "S. Johnson", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Turner", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d591f4-3d10-4fa4-8b74-15c6a476bbcc"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0623?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "1b92e8e7754938be330065b333184e5d8abf4de674aea1963e47d979c86f04b0"
+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 623 (2026) — Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_670_hb0623t.pdf)
+2. **First - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0623f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0623t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- A. Jones — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Spiegel — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Wolek — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26d591f4-3d10-4fa4-8b74-15c6a476bbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+