--- type: "Bill" title: "Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions" description: "Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1075" citation: "Maryland HB 1075 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Smith"] version_count: 3 action_count: 11 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2026-02-10" last_action: "2026-05-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5414d6a-92cd-416f-9b7d-b7e8d8364b3c" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1075?ys=2026RS" source_hash: "ff1a049d6bc7c9c005f4173d554fb94d9af486b61a5aa55082f8abe37dac114b" 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 1075 (2026) — Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_673_hb1075t.pdf) 2. **First - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1075f.pdf) 3. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1075t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Smith — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-02-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. - **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee` - **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-04-08** Returned Passed - **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5414d6a-92cd-416f-9b7d-b7e8d8364b3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).