---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members"
description: "Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 886"
citation: "Maryland SB 886 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257a5c23-f4d9-400d-9295-cca6c7e91bb3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0886?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ccaa821f9ed412b1cef81a1c4fd8961bfc584b3dc6942b8a63ba080ac9e60c0"
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 886 (2023) — Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_sb0886t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0886f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0886t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-03-09** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257a5c23-f4d9-400d-9295-cca6c7e91bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).