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type: "Bill"
title: "Tuition Waivers - Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility"
description: "Tuition Waivers - Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Maryland SB 85 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Social Services - Generally", "Children", "Education", "Emergency Bills", "Foster Care", "Local Government Mandates", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid", "Students", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-27"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f809bf-61f0-4175-ad33-fbfacebbef50"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB85&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "67bc08501328072d04202b14466ba644ca9e21d7eb51b351253541cb93b5c1ae"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0085f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f809bf-61f0-4175-ad33-fbfacebbef50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).