---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions"
description: "Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 415"
citation: "Maryland HB 415 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592f4a06-4441-4669-a322-9a0601006128"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0415?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "89fed9baef6eeea47272e95bb52f5ee9fc3c4a4b59fc5096f8bbf02489551069"
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 415 (2020) — Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_200_hb0415t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0415f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0415t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 200 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592f4a06-4441-4669-a322-9a0601006128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).