---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Priority Registration for Members of the Armed Forces"
description: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Priority Registration for Members of the Armed Forces"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1074"
citation: "Maryland HB 1074 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Armed Forces", "Community Colleges", "Education", "State Universities and Colleges", "Time", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e182d3ae-91a8-417e-9957-585e100894f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1074&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "16fb6939a4ccb46cb556eef6c98be26d209b2e9d8226544a849c153d0f6788ff"
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 1074 (2018) — Public Institutions of Higher Education - Priority Registration for Members of the Armed Forces

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1074f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Vogt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {284862/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e182d3ae-91a8-417e-9957-585e100894f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).