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type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study"
description: "Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Maryland SB 451 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Kagan", "King", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f462eca-fee4-4f8b-b76f-f7dac61e3e42"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0451?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0147488657e9611dfe7528db5822dc2db5380c960bb3ab994cb219fbe8b45092"
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 451 (2025) — Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_327_sb0451e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0451e.pdf)
3. **First - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0451f.pdf)
4. **Third - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0451t.pdf)
## Votes
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10432** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-05** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-05** Hearing 3/19 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f462eca-fee4-4f8b-b76f-f7dac61e3e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).