---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting"
description: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Maryland SB 420 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5820e221-beb5-40b2-948c-afd29fa082af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0420?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6f6d929c0b42dd5563e2492c2240f15a75998d0df2e3589a0d8e4d492070c08c"
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 420 (2026) — Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_734_sb0420e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0420e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0420f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0420t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–33** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5820e221-beb5-40b2-948c-afd29fa082af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).