republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-623.md

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Bill	Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program	Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 623	Maryland HB 623 (2026)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson A. Jones Allen Arentz Bagnall Behler Boafo Buckel Coley Crutchfield Fair Feldmark Griffith Hartman Healey Holmes Hornberger Howard Ivey J. Long Kaufman McComas Miller Odom Pasteur Patterson Pruski Queen Reilly Roberts Rogers Rose S. Johnson Sample-Hughes Schmidt Simmons Simpson Spiegel Stinnett T. Morgan Taveras Taylor Turner Wims Wolek Woods	3	12	1	2026-01-30	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/26d591f4-3d10-4fa4-8b74-15c6a476bbcc	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0623?ys=2026RS	1b92e8e7754938be330065b333184e5d8abf4de674aea1963e47d979c86f04b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 623 (2026) — Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 136–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• A. Jones — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Feldmark — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Queen — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Schmidt — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Wolek — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-23 Favorable Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-02-26 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-27 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26d591f4-3d10-4fa4-8b74-15c6a476bbcc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).