---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility"
description: "Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1530"
citation: "Maryland HB 1530 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Kaufman", "Martinez", "Spiegel", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a537232-5879-4106-84ee-03c01966cbca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1530?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3b3ba6b839dc07d48035157ce7b7c44cf977034ad363c3b85ae0646ac2c78791"
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 1530 (2026) — Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_799_hb1530t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1530f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1530t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion To Special Order by Senator Ready — **15–31** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–36** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Rejected
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 799 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a537232-5879-4106-84ee-03c01966cbca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).