---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports"
description: "Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 216"
citation: "Maryland HB 216 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ef59fc-1719-41d6-8cf6-f24bc9a06b87"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0216?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d327797ea157f2e3ed667f32b5ab16d0bf2c7efde229d66659b9ff0a58137811"
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 216 (2021) — Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_256_hb0216t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0216f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Alterations and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0216t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 216 HB 460 HB 466 HB 597 HB 692 HB 1124 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 256 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1ef59fc-1719-41d6-8cf6-f24bc9a06b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).