republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-715.md

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Bill	Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval	Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 715	Maryland HB 715 (2017)	bill	Higher Education Education State Department of Higher Education Higher Education Commission Licenses Rules and Regulations Teachers	enacted	Chair	1	14	2	2017-02-02	2017-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e99e9fbf-92bc-4026-a873-d05773afbfa2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB715&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	831fc144fb1aa5e4461c114dd95a1ae5b29b01e7b12757b188ef56bd6180cc51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 715 (2017) — Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-10 Favorable with Amendments {875768/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-14 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2017-03-15 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-04-03 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-04 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-05 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-04-06 Returned Passed
• 2017-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e99e9fbf-92bc-4026-a873-d05773afbfa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).