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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 457"
citation: "Maryland HB 457 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Coley", "D. Jones", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Ivey", "Lehman", "Palakovich Carr", "Ross", "Ruth", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca90e6ff-3e47-497c-99b4-a97a0fd4467f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0457?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "01c3f0946ab9b16b70a3a78ae204bf792b1fd50c0beaa633132cf919f75b784d"
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 457 (2026) — Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_722_hb0457t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0457f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0457t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **10630** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **2410** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-23** First Reading Appropriations and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-02-11** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (Health)
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-24** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca90e6ff-3e47-497c-99b4-a97a0fd4467f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).