---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas"
description: "Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 689"
citation: "Maryland HB 689 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Buckel", "Griffith", "Hinebaugh", "Rose", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fc9b61-7c6e-4284-8083-d60d763798f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0689?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3550b4d4a5eab7e6230a243d2965dd2ea3a904cd2951dabd8678dc2a5df60d6"
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 689 (2023) — Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_741_hb0689t.pdf)
2. **First - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0689f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pathways in Technology Early College High (P–TECH) School Program – High School Diplomas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0689t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `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`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8fc9b61-7c6e-4284-8083-d60d763798f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).