---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Program Accreditation"
description: "Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Program Accreditation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Maryland SB 79 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-08"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f2067a8-6fa1-4ad5-ba61-37bc74c562ce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0079?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5d737338d41c0c437084c6b301bfd53756e1fea364b5d2768bc7f7e362e171a0"
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 79 (2022) — Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Program Accreditation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Program Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_202_sb0079e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Program Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0079e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education – Senatorial Scholarships – Program Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0079f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education – Senatorial Scholarships – Program Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0079t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-08** 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.
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reassigned to Appropriations
- **2022-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-19** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-29** Hearing 3/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f2067a8-6fa1-4ad5-ba61-37bc74c562ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).