republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-85.md

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Bill	Tuition Waivers - Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility	Tuition Waivers - Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 85	Maryland SB 85 (2018)	bill	Higher Education Social Services - Generally Children Education Emergency Bills Foster Care Local Government Mandates Scholarships and Student Financial Aid Students Tuition	enacted	Chair	1	18	2	2017-09-27	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f8f809bf-61f0-4175-ad33-fbfacebbef50	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB85&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	67bc08501328072d04202b14466ba644ca9e21d7eb51b351253541cb93b5c1ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 85 (2018) — Tuition Waivers - Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility

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 — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Services) — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-27 Pre-filed introduction
• 2018-01-10 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-01-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-19 Favorable with Amendments {184634/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-19 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-01-23 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-01-24 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-06 Hearing canceled
• 2018-03-09 Rereferred to Ways and Means
• 2018-03-12 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-29 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-03-30 Third Reading Passed (135-0) passage
• 2018-04-02 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8f809bf-61f0-4175-ad33-fbfacebbef50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).