---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations"
description: "Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 779"
citation: "Maryland SB 779 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Griffith", "Klausmeier", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e51dcf-1a60-4a95-bd45-2da47586cf90"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0779?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e7c400e811ed86a7caf90f3e3aeac0aecd926b70173b92363a3a0de13a6c41a2"
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 779 (2021) — Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_436_sb0779t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0779f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland 529 Program – Board Authority and State Contribution – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0779t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-19** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 436 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58e51dcf-1a60-4a95-bd45-2da47586cf90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).