---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 657"
citation: "Maryland SB 657 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ac7bad-ee87-43b7-a617-6d8dfdeb2650"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0657?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a7d75de9cafe9e5a082aeb50f6a9af0fb8834165cd4e150299967377a00030b2"
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 657 (2024) — Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_365_sb0657t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0657f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0657t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-11** 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.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4ac7bad-ee87-43b7-a617-6d8dfdeb2650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).