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IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 26, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 623
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Bagnallcosponsor
- Behlercosponsor
- Boafocosponsor
- Buckelcosponsor
- Coleycosponsor
- Crutchfieldcosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- Feldmarkcosponsor
- Griffithcosponsor
- Hartmancosponsor
- Healeycosponsor
- Holmescosponsor
- Hornbergercosponsor
- Howardcosponsor
- Iveycosponsor
- A. Johnsoncosponsor
- S. Johnsoncosponsor
- A. Jonescosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- J. Longcosponsor
- McComascosponsor
- Millercosponsor
- T. Morgancosponsor
- Odomcosponsor
- Pasteurcosponsor
- Pruskicosponsor
- Queencosponsor
- Reillycosponsor
- Robertscosponsor
- Rogerscosponsor
- Rosecosponsor
- Sample-Hughescosponsor
- Schmidtcosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Simpsoncosponsor
- Spiegelcosponsor
- Stinnettcosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Taylorcosponsor
- Turnercosponsor
- Wimscosponsor
- Wolekcosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
Votes
YES: 136
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Bouchat
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Buckel
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
NO: 0
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Patterson, Edith
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Andy
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Yolanda (College of Southern Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Peck, Beatrix (Maryland Independent College & University Association)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Nash, Lynn (Maryland Military Coalition / Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Services)
- APP Testimony, INFO -- Music, Meghan (MHEC)
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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