---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination"
description: "Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 781"
citation: "Maryland HB 781 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Committees and Commissions", "Education", "Examinations", "Grants", "Higher Education", "Indigent Persons", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7836854a-3d76-46c6-baf1-ab36b57ba029"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB781&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6577f56655c72aa78fa096d985dd1b4624f03522d07f530bbc91e2cb87552767"
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 781 (2018) — Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination

## 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/hb0781f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Mosby — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-20** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {105567/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** 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 388 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7836854a-3d76-46c6-baf1-ab36b57ba029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).