---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification"
description: "Washington County - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "Maryland HB 971 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grossman", "Wims"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf1a4a0-f408-4d76-8607-e610ba19e6dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0971?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9b7a9bb448231bf43f03c1686d20f17bc8e84c2da745a0534218606eef7c64e8"
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 971 (2024) — Washington County - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_hb0971t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Schools - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0971f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County - Interscholastic Athletics - Student Eligibility Waiver and School Classification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0971t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grossman — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faf1a4a0-f408-4d76-8607-e610ba19e6dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).