---
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: "SB 263"
citation: "Maryland SB 263 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f74ca23a-8df0-4042-a481-de9e94de2420"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0263?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "eed892f3fac900fb2c0ac16c408be0e96169eab68c1365b53d2d787baedb02b7"
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 263 (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_645_sb0263t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0263f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0263t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f74ca23a-8df0-4042-a481-de9e94de2420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).