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IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Higher Education – Student Financial Assistance for Incarcerated Individuals – Alterations
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 25, 2026: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1311
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Williams
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 33
Actions
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (95-33)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m. (Appropriations)
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations and Government, Labor, and Elections
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Andy
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Lichtenberg, Judith (Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cantora, Andrea (University System of Maryland)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Steurer, Stephen (Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Adams, Charles (Bowie State University's Prison Education Program)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Thomas (University of Baltimore)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Kiekebusch-Steinitz, Lucy (Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform)
- APP Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Stock, Timothy
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Pack, Jr., Gordon



