---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability"
description: "Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Maryland HB 231 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/103f2b69-0947-4db6-84ae-f12d7806880b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0231?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "299d2d0988f1fdc3c1cdb3b4f63600931a7c0d2ad2455a33691a859cec356a5e"
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 231 (2026) — Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_98_hb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 231 HB 232 HB 269 HB 720 HB 1075 HB 1192 — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations and Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** 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** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/103f2b69-0947-4db6-84ae-f12d7806880b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).