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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions"
description: "Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 486"
citation: "Maryland SB 486 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Harris", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45818a7-a8cf-400d-8a5a-2f95d490b8c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0486?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "00cf3614f51a6e76752f381fe2751457b0118976a9b4a17ab19f67d4ed8dafb5"
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 486 (2026) — Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_672_sb0486t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0486f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0486t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **410** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 672 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e45818a7-a8cf-400d-8a5a-2f95d490b8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).