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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform"
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description: "Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 959"
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citation: "Maryland SB 959 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-26"
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last_action: "2023-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288e010a-2cf9-4938-bba3-f00d38c10b5a"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0959?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "fdf37a72970e36b0d3021dd2e7a9c1986d8e60aed0ed05ba2e4d6d9d2458e0dc"
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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 SB 959 (2023) — Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform
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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. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_113_sb0959e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0959e.pdf)
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3. **First - Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0959f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0959t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Beidle — primary (person)
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- Benson — primary (person)
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- Corderman — primary (person)
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- Elfreth — primary (person)
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- Feldman — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hayes — primary (person)
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- Hershey — primary (person)
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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- Jennings — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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- Kramer — primary (person)
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- McCray — primary (person)
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- McKay — primary (person)
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- Muse — primary (person)
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- Rosapepe — primary (person)
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- Salling — primary (person)
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- Zucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-26** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment
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- **2023-03-09** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
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- **2023-03-14** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
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- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/15 at 3:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
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- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-08** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
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- **2023-04-08** Hearing 4/10 at 10:30 a.m.
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- **2023-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 `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/288e010a-2cf9-4938-bba3-f00d38c10b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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