---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - In-State Tuition"
description: "Higher Education - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - In-State Tuition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Maryland SB 50 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam", "Lee", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-20"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f80a87-d103-4fcb-a55b-4a337f3d5ac7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0050?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fb3c2b28d5dbbe8779122f0b602de2eec9c6ff9db0122f26996be3bfa0b6e4bb"
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 50 (2022) — Higher Education - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - In-State Tuition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - In-State Tuition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_75_sb0050t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education – Returned Peace Corps Volunteers – In–State Tuition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0050f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - In-State Tuition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0050t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15** 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
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f80a87-d103-4fcb-a55b-4a337f3d5ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).