---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education – Cyber Warrior Diversity Program – Established"
description: "Higher Education – Cyber Warrior Diversity Program – Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1819"
citation: "Maryland HB 1819 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Appropriations", "Budgets", "Community Colleges", "Cybersecurity", "Data", "Demographics", "Education", "Governor", "Higher Education Commission", "Job Training", "Licenses", "Minorities", "Reports", "State Universities and Colleges", "Students", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acef1bd8-de51-4bf1-b124-07b70665c78c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1819&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4b67136000867bd94c996dc332a6d16d20b150157cf913029a2dbbe4b7177031"
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 1819 (2018) — Higher Education – Cyber Warrior Diversity Program – Established

## 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/hb1819f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the Bill be Introduced? — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-08** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Jackson) Adopted (135-1)
- **2018-03-08** Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2018-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {134768/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (133-2) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Conway) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acef1bd8-de51-4bf1-b124-07b70665c78c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).