---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs"
description: "Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "Maryland SB 765 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folden", "Gallion", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44edab98-1ddd-48c1-89fc-16f1147f3579"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0765?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "14d0a1c663a26783ebf48e700159757bf6b2dc5a7d7cf662659cbdfab481e4d5"
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 765 (2025) — Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_471_sb0765t.pdf)
2. **First - Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Maximum Number of Children - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0765f.pdf)
3. **Third - Out-of-Home Placement Providers - Individuals Enrolled in Higher Education and Vocational Training Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0765t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44edab98-1ddd-48c1-89fc-16f1147f3579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).