---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Maryland HB 1244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Boafo", "Davis", "Edelson", "Harris", "Henson", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Rogers", "Ruff", "Smith", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7864dbe-49c7-4808-b37b-877757039690"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1244?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d76c3a6dca1fa16b10d325bc7436a54d527531e914ad5aeb01f9c6239e2efca"
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 1244 (2024) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_963_hb1244e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1244t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **132–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/27 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2024-03-29** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2024-03-29** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Smith and Anderton)
- **2024-04-03** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-03** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2024-04-03** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, Smith and Anderton)
- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Gallion)
- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Augustine and Gallion)
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 963 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7864dbe-49c7-4808-b37b-877757039690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).