---
type: "Bill"
title: "High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption"
description: "High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Maryland HB 193 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Education", "Education", "State Department of", "Examinations", "Exemptions", "Language", "Minors", "Public Schools", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1fede4-be4a-48f2-84a9-59181be88f93"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB193&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f03d332c7e47ad2f515a1b50baa142cfaaa0a85a08960676462e4030c203c2bb"
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 193 (2018) — High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption

## 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/hb0193f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Economic Matters Committee and Chair — cosponsor (person)
- Licensing and Regulation) — cosponsor (person)
- Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2018-03-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Special Order until 3/13 (Delegate Rey) Adopted
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd1fede4-be4a-48f2-84a9-59181be88f93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).