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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program"
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description: "Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 709"
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citation: "Maryland SB 709 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carozza", "Harris", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-06"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30bf864-057b-4c95-bfd5-b94f419da7f5"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0709?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "96dac7241b652b08e66733b7a006bd4b18021c6a993af00d3b20453d88140824"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 709 (2026) — Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_671_sb0709t.pdf)
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2. **First - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0709f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0709t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks — primary (person)
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- Carozza — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Salling — primary (person)
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- Simonaire — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 671 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30bf864-057b-4c95-bfd5-b94f419da7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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