---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State"
description: "Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Maryland SB 40 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-14"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf66d5c1-e4b6-41e9-a936-82c59397d6e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0040?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "260b1664c3681201976d53803cc13769b1930d743dc7b7c6f462dbb8acca9f01"
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 40 (2021) — Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_240_sb0040t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0040f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education – Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship – Bowie State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0040t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-14** 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 Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf66d5c1-e4b6-41e9-a936-82c59397d6e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).