---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Maryland HB 4 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-30"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0004?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8860940d0335bb8b667b62a1f4eedbe5b043cb8b329a99d425eb53bf894dbcf7"
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 4 (2024) — Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_363_hb0004t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education – Admissions Standards – Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0004f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0004t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-11** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-14** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).