---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program – Alterations and Extension of Sunset"
description: "Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program – Alterations and Extension of Sunset"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 982"
citation: "Maryland HB 982 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Appeals", "Higher Education", "Names", "Reports", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd55a98-ab99-4578-b615-92bfc6e730e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB982&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6eeac2b75d3115dcff5a42ea75c7cd744b73c096f9e522cced18c43f2d39a60d"
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 982 (2018) — Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program – Alterations and Extension of Sunset

## 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/hb0982f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {435166/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** 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 399 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd55a98-ab99-4578-b615-92bfc6e730e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).