---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations"
description: "Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "Maryland SB 458 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Elfreth", "Gallion", "Hester", "Kagan", "Peters", "Salling", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d85f076-b16c-48f5-bc9b-7b6452e6670e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0458?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3527577b9ae890e8af270931a00e2e9bf90183219aeeaad7b035a74568084fc5"
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 458 (2020) — Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_227_sb0458t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0458f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0458t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 227 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d85f076-b16c-48f5-bc9b-7b6452e6670e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).