republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-43.md

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Bill	High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption	High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 43	Maryland SB 43 (2018)	bill	Primary and Secondary Education Age of Majority Education State Department of Examinations Language Minors Private Schools Public Schools Students	enacted	Chair	1	16	2	2017-09-18	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/925ad556-407e-4afe-9ca9-782af7bbe3bc	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB43&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	bff94198e43eec284697bb7c60ed80a2ccc6e9789a2d30ba89773ef913072a3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 43 (2018) — High School Diploma by Examination - Eligibility Requirements - Exemption

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor — cosponsor (person)
• Finance Committee and Chair — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)
• Licensing and Regulation) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-18 Pre-filed introduction
• 2018-01-10 First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 Hearing 1/16 at 1:30 p.m. (Finance)
• 2018-01-29 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-02-01 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2018-02-02 First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
• 2018-03-12 Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
• 2018-04-05 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed (132-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/925ad556-407e-4afe-9ca9-782af7bbe3bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).