---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)"
description: "Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 569"
citation: "Maryland HB 569 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d25d435-2340-46b9-8d30-466f41790580"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0569?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b1d38720eb9029b9d1ac35583ae3472933b5aa31a3512c9f1b278c5b7b06f904"
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 569 (2024) — Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_216_hb0569e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0569e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0569f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0569t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 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`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d25d435-2340-46b9-8d30-466f41790580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).