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HB 845 Maryland House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs

HB 845 amends Maryland's Community College Promise Scholarship program to include residents of Delmar, Maryland who graduated from Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware. Currently, the scholarship requires applicants to have graduated from a Maryland high school or completed a Maryland GED, but this bill adds a new eligibility pathway for students meeting both conditions: graduation from Delmar High School (Delaware) and residency in Delmar, Maryland. The change would allow these students to qualify for the scholarship without needing to meet the standard Maryland graduation requirement. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands scholarship access to Delmar, MD residents who graduated from Delmar High School (DE), increasing higher education opportunities for targeted students.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 4, 2026 Signed May 26, 2026
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Third - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs → Enrolled - Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Alterations to Scholarship Programs · 3 edits · May 26, 2026
MINOR
The bill was formally enrolled and sent to the Governor for approval. Substantively, the eligibility criteria for the Fallen and Surviving Transportation Workers Scholarship were updated to remove a requirement that accidents must cause at least $100 million in damages, while also reorganizing the legal definitions of 'surviving' and 'fallen' transportation workers.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding who qualifies for the scholarship was broadened by removing a high financial damage threshold for accidents.
ELIGIBILITY

Removed the requirement that an accident must result in at least $100,000,000 in total damages to a transportation facility for the worker to be eligible.

DEFINITION

Reorganized the definitions of 'surviving transportation worker' and 'fallen transportation worker' to clarify eligibility based on family relationships (children, spouses, siblings) rather than solely on the accident's financial impact.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document status from a House Bill to an Enrolled Bill and added standard proofreading and sealing language for presentation to the Governor.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 25, 2026

How they voted

42–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 49
Mar 20, 2026
D Democratic36
29 Yea 7
80% Yea
R Republican13
13 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 26, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712
executive
Apr 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Enrolled
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Introduced
House Concurs Senate Amendments
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
upper
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Mar 25, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (135-0-7)
house of delegates
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Mar 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0-7)
senate
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
First Reading Appropriations
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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