---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Alterations"
description: "Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 377"
citation: "Maryland SB 377 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0af3fb6b-ee80-4bca-ba6e-05d481a0bcb3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0377?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "360f99dd7886c61ad557177463591b57b246ed2fe13ba75ae9dc74c37241e6e8"
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 377 (2024) — Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_185_sb0377e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0377e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0377f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education - Teacher Development and Retention Program - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0377t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators M. Washington, Lewis Young and Carozza)
- **2024-04-04** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-04** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators M. Washington, Lewis Young and Carozza)
- **2024-04-04** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-04** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Smith, Wolek and Ghrist)
- **2024-04-04** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-04** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Smith, Wolek and Ghrist)
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0af3fb6b-ee80-4bca-ba6e-05d481a0bcb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).