---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Farmers"
description: "Higher Education - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Farmers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 991"
citation: "Maryland SB 991 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Environment", "Department of", "Farmland", "Higher Education", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Salaries and Compensation", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid", "Time", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96ecdfca-adc6-4dd0-86da-c460d8734a7e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB991&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "274f0d6ead536d048fc5f82815210cd606b29f4a06b5d34f1a1ed4dbb835d9ab"
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 991 (2018) — Higher Education - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Farmers

## 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/sb0991f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {485160/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96ecdfca-adc6-4dd0-86da-c460d8734a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).