---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members"
description: "Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "Maryland HB 629 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "Rogers", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0a9461-d895-4df3-95d0-f79581214bad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0629?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eed9f5c22e2b9b9da2c63466a65e574d9d6cde45cd68d190e6675cb7380c7acf"
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 HB 629 (2023) — Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_693_hb0629t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0629f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education – Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program – Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0629t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 693 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d0a9461-d895-4df3-95d0-f79581214bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).