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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership"
+description: "Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 597"
+citation: "Maryland SB 597 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0ee5f1-9b0b-4d86-98f4-ab771311f638"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0597?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "0b82e8412142b7e2cc22bc439a8f37d0b6e7f95cbce018e100fba18aa7dc4445"
+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 SB 597 (2026) — Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_633_sb0597e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0597e.pdf)
+3. **First - Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0597f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0597t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–2** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-05** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db0ee5f1-9b0b-4d86-98f4-ab771311f638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+