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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination"
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description: "Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 781"
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citation: "Maryland HB 781 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Higher Education", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Committees and Commissions", "Education", "Examinations", "Grants", "Higher Education", "Indigent Persons", "Rules and Regulations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mosby"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7836854a-3d76-46c6-baf1-ab36b57ba029"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB781&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "6577f56655c72aa78fa096d985dd1b4624f03522d07f530bbc91e2cb87552767"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 781 (2018) — Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0781f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mosby — primary (person)
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- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
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- Ali — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
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- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
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- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Long — cosponsor (person)
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- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Moon — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-02-20** Hearing canceled
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- **2018-02-20** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {105567/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7836854a-3d76-46c6-baf1-ab36b57ba029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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