---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations"
description: "Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 899"
citation: "Maryland HB 899 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bagnall", "D. Jones", "J. Lewis", "Lehman", "Pruski", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9b255de-fc7a-4a44-ba81-a8490b787968"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0899?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d72ed437c6a85ae6bb82fbd6d3d2ecf1baaf850192c5e9a6b3f02ad824f66a05"
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 899 (2024) — Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_223_hb0899e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0899e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education – Firefighters and EMS Recruitment and Retention – Scholarship and Loan Repayment Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0899f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education - Firefighters and EMS Recruitment and Retention - Scholarship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0899t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9b255de-fc7a-4a44-ba81-a8490b787968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).