---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs"
description: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 845"
citation: "Maryland HB 845 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicomico County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d379654-14de-44fb-9621-ed24fbba238b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0845?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "8f4f6e458151807d13737a7f158da9700df5a504cce24cd3acb6d48c3a504b38"
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 845 (2026) — Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_712_hb0845e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education - Community College Promise Scholarship Eligibility - Delmar High School Graduates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0845t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wicomico County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d379654-14de-44fb-9621-ed24fbba238b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).