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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability"
description: "Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Maryland SB 207 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c887b3-dccb-4304-976a-e3b1cd462ab1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0207?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "48c2c2314eab7e837791d77bd215afea9eaca94e408d8011cf97f0fb1c928553"
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 207 (2026) — Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_99_sb0207t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1330** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 1/28 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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 Appropriations Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8c887b3-dccb-4304-976a-e3b1cd462ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).