---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations"
description: "Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Maryland SB 4 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-16"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15386d02-05a4-46a3-b559-cb5d958b8304"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0004?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "abdbca953f9e8d19920c2769162a8bfd69f32ccd3098e54a064dd5c30e0a8007"
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 4 (2022) — Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_208_sb0004t.pdf)
2. **First - Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations and Maryland Cybersecurity Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0004f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0004t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on third reading. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/7 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2022-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/22 at 1:40 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15386d02-05a4-46a3-b559-cb5d958b8304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).