---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations"
description: "Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Maryland HB 1245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04245856-c6d7-4eed-a2d4-4f58733984fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1245?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7e02318090a83badb5700bc8bf5b392079e1d603747cbe8527163bfeb15d530e"
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 1245 (2021) — Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_578_hb1245e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1245e.pdf)
3. **First - Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1245f.pdf)
4. **Third - Guaranteed Access Grant and Next Generation Scholars of Maryland – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1245t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **104–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-21** Hearing 3/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04245856-c6d7-4eed-a2d4-4f58733984fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).