---
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: "SB 43"
citation: "Maryland SB 43 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Age of Majority", "Education", "State Department of", "Examinations", "Language", "Minors", "Private Schools", "Public Schools", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-18"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925ad556-407e-4afe-9ca9-782af7bbe3bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB43&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bff94198e43eec284697bb7c60ed80a2ccc6e9789a2d30ba89773ef913072a3b"
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 SB 43 (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/sb/sb0043f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor — cosponsor (person)
- Finance Committee and Chair — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)
- Licensing and Regulation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Hearing 1/16 at 1:30 p.m. (Finance)
- **2018-01-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-01** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2018-03-12** Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925ad556-407e-4afe-9ca9-782af7bbe3bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).