---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility"
description: "Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "Maryland HB 643 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Lehman", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824f07e9-c1f9-4941-b240-228c393e1733"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0643?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1d4c75add6361d29750663dd5c569f8fb19fa769975c0f53c76048b848719b03"
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 643 (2025) — Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_388_hb0643t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0643f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0643t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-24** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-08** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/824f07e9-c1f9-4941-b240-228c393e1733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).