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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: "SB 709"
+citation: "Maryland SB 709 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carozza", "Harris", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30bf864-057b-4c95-bfd5-b94f419da7f5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0709?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "96dac7241b652b08e66733b7a006bd4b18021c6a993af00d3b20453d88140824"
+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 709 (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_671_sb0709t.pdf)
+2. **First - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0709f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0709t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** 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 671 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30bf864-057b-4c95-bfd5-b94f419da7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+