---
type: "Bill"
title: "More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024"
description: "More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Maryland SB 33 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-13"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6641a96-7ba8-43c4-bb8e-911a7989b4b3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0033?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2da3f76163210ad5545ee0e97cdd855f9edd446c99ab66013ee3006e44509c46"
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 33 (2024) — More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_281_sb0033e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0033e.pdf)
3. **First - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0033f.pdf)
4. **Third - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0033t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6641a96-7ba8-43c4-bb8e-911a7989b4b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).