---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility"
description: "Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 864"
citation: "Maryland SB 864 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf3c65cd-b5f5-4d0e-9395-ec5c61a38e76"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0864?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3be3163f4b4eccd9b714bc91bc2987be18020e6a32ccab83049f005d10f10702"
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 864 (2026) — Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_785_sb0864t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0864f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0864t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 785 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf3c65cd-b5f5-4d0e-9395-ec5c61a38e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).