---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements"
description: "Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 503"
citation: "Maryland HB 503 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Bartlett", "Brooks", "Chang", "Cox", "Crosby", "D. Barnes", "Griffith", "Hettleman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Impallaria", "Krebs", "Lehman", "Long", "M. Jackson", "McComas", "P. Young", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Proctor", "R. Watson", "Saab", "Solomon", "Valentino-Smith", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed54afde-885b-46fd-9b43-38414df26faf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0503?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "69610f4dd72a206103b1308c20dcc2479f01858dd91c36dabd7af4a79d4123b7"
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 503 (2020) — Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_224_hb0503t.pdf)
2. **First - Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0503f.pdf)
3. **Third - Primary and Secondary Schools - Dependent Children of Service Members - Enrollment and Documentation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0503t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Impallaria — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Watson — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 224 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed54afde-885b-46fd-9b43-38414df26faf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).