republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-3.md

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Bill	Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)	Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 3	Maryland HB 3 (2026)	bill		enacted	Beauchamp Miller Pasteur Schindler Woorman Ziegler	4	16	3	2025-09-04	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/bc35424d-f103-41c5-a605-e7fe09192ca8	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0003?ys=2026RS	646b66fdcedb5eef44925847eb4299fd0d8816a3e8628f32586fc78524dad565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 3 (2026) — Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 136–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beauchamp — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Schindler — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-04 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-09 Favorable Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-02-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-13 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc35424d-f103-41c5-a605-e7fe09192ca8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).