---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Accommodations at Public Institutions for Religious Beliefs"
description: "Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Accommodations at Public Institutions for Religious Beliefs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 923"
citation: "Maryland HB 923 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes", "Smith", "Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eaed927-6b93-48ad-b928-ad1784eb3251"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0923?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "401a77b2e2c5518dd5f4bf60c64d6e9a97f9c1ac8b568212a37f924da6f65e18"
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 923 (2023) — Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Accommodations at Public Institutions for Religious Beliefs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Accommodations at Public Institutions for Religious Beliefs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_634_hb0923e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Accommodations at Public Institutions for Religious Beliefs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0923e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0923f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education - Appointment of Secretary and Student Financial Assistance - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0923t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate B. Barnes) Adopted
- **2023-03-20** Committee Amendment {
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eaed927-6b93-48ad-b928-ad1784eb3251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).