---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "Maryland HB 98 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852d722e-f82c-42ec-9df3-65ae03edb8fe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0098?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "94508e6ef0f528b11ed98f834c8707bb1c59cb2a6d90180ac90cc378fd23dba0"
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 98 (2021) — Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_403_hb0098t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0098f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program - Alterations (Maryland College Access Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0098t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 403 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/852d722e-f82c-42ec-9df3-65ae03edb8fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).