---
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: "SB 842"
citation: "Maryland SB 842 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Education", "Education", "State Board of", "Education", "State Department of", "Examinations", "Grants", "Higher Education", "Indigent Persons", "Rules and Regulations", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1fd84d0-9459-4986-9b29-b8ce05fe9222"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB842&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9841d7777e998171123649ddf8db2f6f47fce02c8516f6f293a60c50e5e66d07"
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 842 (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/sb/sb0842f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {724330/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1fd84d0-9459-4986-9b29-b8ce05fe9222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).