---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement"
description: "Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Maryland SB 127 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-18"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6c67946-dc2a-43d1-a575-119080b6eca3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0127?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d04232a6a4776896f50a18f72f4aced80008e56a641bbb89cace08478cb8beca"
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 127 (2023) — Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_688_sb0127t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0127f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Student FAFSA Data - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0127t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-16** Hearing 1/24 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 688 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6c67946-dc2a-43d1-a575-119080b6eca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).