---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Student Loan Refinancing Authority PG 419-17"
description: "Prince George's County - Student Loan Refinancing Authority PG 419-17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1576"
citation: "Maryland HB 1576 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - Local Bills", "Debt Management", "Higher Education", "Prince George's County", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840badf1-57a8-4ce0-b15a-7d587dd3fb07"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1576&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b9e6f54fbdd376df2eaefe4de89be88ea73f0e6de2dcc9465eb255f1269f98e5"
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 1576 (2017) — Prince George's County - Student Loan Refinancing Authority PG 419-17

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1576f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-17** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840badf1-57a8-4ce0-b15a-7d587dd3fb07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).