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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference"
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description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 4"
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citation: "Maryland HB 4 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-08-30"
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last_action: "2024-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0004?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "8860940d0335bb8b667b62a1f4eedbe5b043cb8b329a99d425eb53bf894dbcf7"
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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 HB 4 (2024) — Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference
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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 - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_363_hb0004t.pdf)
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2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education – Admissions Standards – Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0004f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Admissions Standards - Prohibition on Consideration of Legacy Preference or Donor Preference** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0004t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- J. Lewis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-08-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-05** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-01-11** Hearing canceled
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- **2024-01-14** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2024-01-15** Hearing canceled
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- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 `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/36b114e2-b24e-48c7-a285-4b4901805375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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