---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment"
description: "Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 811"
citation: "Maryland HB 811 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderton", "Charkoudian", "Forbes", "Ghrist", "Harris", "Smith", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Vogel", "Wolek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c3c724-a137-4b4c-99cc-43def3d0b49b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0811?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "85d839d01cef2e786a03039d2b0f8976a750f1d43e54994ec6988ec459e82203"
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 811 (2024) — Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_hb0811t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0811f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0811t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderton — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64c3c724-a137-4b4c-99cc-43def3d0b49b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).