---
type: "Bill"
title: "Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding"
description: "Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Maryland HB 809 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4bbf8b-34fc-446f-a513-26cba7f1725c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0809?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8b46800dc950cee9e8f93967d92127b4b964b56099493abb4546fc5943992896"
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 809 (2026) — Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_780_hb0809e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0809e.pdf)
3. **First - Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0809f.pdf)
4. **Third - Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0809t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **108–24** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **36–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **112–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4bbf8b-34fc-446f-a513-26cba7f1725c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).