---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Eligibility"
description: "Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Maryland SB 308 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9305f0be-b47b-48cb-95c1-84e9668235fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0308?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d070497d1ad4b489e968bd1b0418414f3c9a89880b2be85cd88f0c08dfc505d6"
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 308 (2021) — Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_344_sb0308t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0308f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0308t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** 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.
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** 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 344 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9305f0be-b47b-48cb-95c1-84e9668235fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).