---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures"
description: "Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 102"
citation: "Maryland HB 102 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-20"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e41edb2-4755-4920-8d1e-64e9684a0821"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0102?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5736f139659235303c8437eec8d86df865f3214bc87bc210da6327744d84f257"
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 102 (2026) — Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_644_hb0102t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0102f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0102t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Muse) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e41edb2-4755-4920-8d1e-64e9684a0821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).