---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway"
description: "Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Maryland HB 297 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ee43a4b-9dd2-4b41-9e32-db3f2f278536"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0297?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a212315352cc0ef07d9ce253b9d9a5f6a1550b83e75395de68d89962cacbd874"
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 297 (2026) — Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_169_hb0297e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0297e.pdf)
3. **First - Adult Education – High School Diploma Pathways – GED Option Pilot Program and MDiplomaWorks Pathway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0297f.pdf)
4. **Third - Adult Education - High School Diploma Pathways - MDiplomaWorks Pathway** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0297t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ee43a4b-9dd2-4b41-9e32-db3f2f278536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).