---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition"
description: "Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Maryland HB 394 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-21"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760e77d5-af83-41e2-bbfc-3f70990b0427"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0394?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ecf2bd7027d06b95edb2e299945a1168c2820f9225257895e167bd8070ce5aa"
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 394 (2021) — Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_218_hb0394t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0394f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Schools - Fees for Summer School Courses - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0394t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/760e77d5-af83-41e2-bbfc-3f70990b0427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).