---
type: "Bill"
title: "Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations"
description: "Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 624"
citation: "Maryland HB 624 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d41aabc-27a8-4b43-8db7-33db73733e80"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0624?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e0fc79632328a0a5c3cfb703917358f0d4e699f793b63430d5333dbbed091b50"
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 624 (2024) — Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_197_hb0624t.pdf)
2. **First - Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0624f.pdf)
3. **Third - Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0624t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** 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 Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d41aabc-27a8-4b43-8db7-33db73733e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).