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Bill	Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference	Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 4	Maryland HB 4 (2024)	bill		enacted	J. Lewis	3	18	2	2023-08-30	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0004?ys=2024RS&search=True	8860940d0335bb8b667b62a1f4eedbe5b043cb8b329a99d425eb53bf894dbcf7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 4 (2024) — Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Institutions of Higher Education – Admissions Standards – Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 37–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-08-30 Pre-filed introduction
• 2024-01-10 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-05 Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-01-11 Hearing canceled
• 2024-01-14 Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2024-01-15 Hearing canceled
• 2024-01-15 Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-02-12 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-02-15 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-02-16 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-05 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-06 Returned Passed
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).