---
type: "Bill"
title: "Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses"
description: "Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Maryland HB 545 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mireku-North"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf92279-3c1a-4e3b-846b-ae8ede1814d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0545?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "11cddbce9b7bdf6c0b2374d2479ff7d830cefdc6c6a4107f06647a9043566053"
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 545 (2024) — Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_250_hb0545t.pdf)
2. **First - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0545f.pdf)
3. **Third - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award - Public School Nurses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0545t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mireku-North — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cf92279-3c1a-4e3b-846b-ae8ede1814d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).