---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Maryland SB 248 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Hester", "Kramer", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbfccc66-453a-45ea-a913-e58c66a12892"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0248?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c45aaeec15db2f1db3bd9ff3d47cfb2a500c506cb86d5c3b360a63c3a0c82e90"
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 248 (2023) — Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_748_sb0248t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0248f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0248t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbfccc66-453a-45ea-a913-e58c66a12892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).