---
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: "SB 155"
citation: "Maryland SB 155 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b1a0e8-f42a-4477-ab5c-1b8b5a318d7d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0155?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d06683a30a8634f41706f91e9d041725e0a85ca63d47b4895077208baf131b7e"
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 SB 155 (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_257_sb0155t.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/sb/sb0155f.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/sb/sb0155t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading for Final Passage — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-09** Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75b1a0e8-f42a-4477-ab5c-1b8b5a318d7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).