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MD HB 538

died on adjournment

4-Year Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act)

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 538 pass?

No. MD HB 538 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

What is MD HB 538 about?

MD HB 538 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “4-Year Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act)”.

Who sponsors MD HB 538?

Wolek is the primary sponsor of MD HB 538.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-12 — Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wolekprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-12

    Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-11

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  3. 2026-03-10

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  4. 2026-03-10

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-03-10

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-02-02

    Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.

  7. 2026-01-27

    First Reading Appropriations

    referral-committee

Versions

  • Third - 4-Year Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act)Compare
  • First - Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act)Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-02-27 · pass · 136-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Metzgar: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Crosby: absent
    • Feldmark: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Williams: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: HB 611not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: SB 430

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