---
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: "SB 395"
citation: "Maryland SB 395 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc96c01d-70c3-4b04-985f-ba468a197541"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0395?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "edbd8aea0900ea840766f7daed6a76de24422bf0d8cdafc7556f663cfaab6ac1"
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 395 (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_215_sb0395t.pdf)
2. **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/sb/sb0395f.pdf)
3. **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/sb/sb0395t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 215 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc96c01d-70c3-4b04-985f-ba468a197541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).