---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 384"
citation: "Maryland HB 384 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Boyce", "Harris", "Palakovich Carr", "Simpson", "Smith", "Toles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f90a262-5190-46e8-a34d-c634d68808ed"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0384?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "004fe71060d73515fbb34027492e35063b54bb77bf0deb946e0cbe927d189bad"
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 384 (2023) — Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb0384t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0384f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0384t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f90a262-5190-46e8-a34d-c634d68808ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).