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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)"
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description: "Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)"
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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: "HB 3"
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citation: "Maryland HB 3 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beauchamp", "Miller", "Pasteur", "Schindler", "Woorman", "Ziegler"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-09-04"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc35424d-f103-41c5-a605-e7fe09192ca8"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0003?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "646b66fdcedb5eef44925847eb4299fd0d8816a3e8628f32586fc78524dad565"
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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 HB 3 (2026) — Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)
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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 - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_798_hb0003e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0003e.pdf)
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3. **First - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0003f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0003t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beauchamp — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- Schindler — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 `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/bc35424d-f103-41c5-a605-e7fe09192ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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