---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Reimbursement of Expenses for Community College Certification and Licensure"
description: "Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Reimbursement of Expenses for Community College Certification and Licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Maryland HB 203 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Community Colleges", "Curriculum", "Examinations", "Fees", "General Assembly", "Licenses", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea223c9-b7ec-440e-93f8-13bb0bb51289"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB203&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "91b96ea614d4b261486cedb1b17a52def0c496c4a1e12f34d3e3abc348480d4d"
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 203 (2018) — Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Reimbursement of Expenses for Community College Certification and Licensure

## 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/hb0203f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hornberger — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {105060/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {904536/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea223c9-b7ec-440e-93f8-13bb0bb51289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).