---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Student Loan Notification Letter - Modifications"
description: "Higher Education - Student Loan Notification Letter - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Maryland HB 17 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Community Colleges", "Education", "Federal Government", "Higher Education", "Liability", "Loans", "Notices", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid", "State Universities and Colleges", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman and Queen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-02"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ad45520-d2e2-4bf3-aa23-dab4fa001c4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB17&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "413966b407b78f8574e2de3765173b8d4ce9296da83cac685c29f1500d221314"
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 17 (2018) — Higher Education - Student Loan Notification Letter - Modifications

## 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/hb0017f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman and Queen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable with Amendments {564061/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-22** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ad45520-d2e2-4bf3-aa23-dab4fa001c4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).