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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Maryland HB 715 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Education", "State Department of", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Commission", "Licenses", "Rules and Regulations", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99e9fbf-92bc-4026-a873-d05773afbfa2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB715&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "831fc144fb1aa5e4461c114dd95a1ae5b29b01e7b12757b188ef56bd6180cc51"
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 HB 715 (2017) — Institutions of Higher Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - Accreditation and Approval
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0715f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Chair — primary (person)
- Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Favorable with Amendments {875768/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e99e9fbf-92bc-4026-a873-d05773afbfa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).