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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs"
+description: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 845"
+citation: "Maryland HB 845 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wicomico County Delegation"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d379654-14de-44fb-9621-ed24fbba238b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0845?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "8f4f6e458151807d13737a7f158da9700df5a504cce24cd3acb6d48c3a504b38"
+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 845 (2026) — Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_712_hb0845e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845e.pdf)
+3. **First - Higher Education - Community College Promise Scholarship Eligibility - Delmar High School Graduates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wicomico County Delegation — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d379654-14de-44fb-9621-ed24fbba238b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+