---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations"
description: "Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 506"
citation: "Maryland HB 506 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Brooks", "Chang", "Cox", "Crosby", "D. Barnes", "Griffith", "Hettleman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Impallaria", "Krebs", "Lehman", "Long", "M. Jackson", "McComas", "P. Young", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Proctor", "R. Watson", "Saab", "Solomon", "Valentino-Smith", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c149336b-64e4-4dbd-8373-ac553157536d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0506?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a427edd1ca971a4450bfbb96224a1d79344470f0fe2b3de5fc4b902b3b06217d"
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 506 (2020) — Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_228_hb0506t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0506f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0506t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Impallaria — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Watson — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 228 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c149336b-64e4-4dbd-8373-ac553157536d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).