---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established"
description: "Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 891"
citation: "Maryland HB 891 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D.M. Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28bd8ae-7589-4169-a3e9-8e1ad190c4c6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0891?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9878dad77dee77583f498c0fd73f0fbe1164bc231f5bfa48354d19540c99b03"
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 891 (2021) — Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_579_hb0891t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0891f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0891t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **94–39** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on third reading for final passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D.M. Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-09** Hearing 3/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-11** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Motion Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 579 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f28bd8ae-7589-4169-a3e9-8e1ad190c4c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).