---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations"
description: "Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1238"
citation: "Maryland HB 1238 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b29e185-a308-4044-8f8b-dd85ac0c78de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1238?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1e49b7d975d7bbdade7c07a9d313406dc9876cd0005a6e3828566185b354a95b"
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 1238 (2021) — Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_435_hb1238t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1238f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland 529 Program - Board Authority and State Contribution - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1238t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 435 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b29e185-a308-4044-8f8b-dd85ac0c78de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).