republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-978.md

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Bill	Career Preparation Expansion Act	Career Preparation Expansion Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 978	Maryland SB 978 (2018)	bill	Higher Education Primary and Secondary Education Private Sector Labor and Industry Administrative Agencies Apprentices Armed Forces Committees and Commissions Credit Data Demographics Disclosure Education State Department of Health Department of Higher Education Higher Education Commission Industry and Technology Job Training Labor Licensing and Regulation Department of Notices Parents and Guardians Privacy Records Reports Rules and Regulations Salaries and Compensation Scholarships and Student Financial Aid Students Telecommunications and Information Technology Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Klausmeier	1	15	3	2018-02-05	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ca3c06e9-b820-469c-9e0c-e3f49d62d8ec	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB978&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	0f3ef936f05dee65931611d0eed0d804529a9c77943d87759fc544c24640d1ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 978 (2018) — Career Preparation Expansion Act

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 — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 123–12 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Klausmeier — primary (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
• Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
• Kelley — cosponsor (person)
• Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
• Middleton — cosponsor (person)
• Muse — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {824339/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Favorable with Amendments {163696/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (123-12) passage
• 2018-04-09 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca3c06e9-b820-469c-9e0c-e3f49d62d8ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).