2026 Regular Session
HB28
Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to allow certain private career schools to advertise certain information and collect contact information from potential new students before receiving a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate a private career school in the State under certain circumstances; requiring an approved private career school to advertise only information relating to the opening of the private career school and include a certain disclosure; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
128 yea–0 nay · 5 not voting · 8 absent
Committee referrals
February 16, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Appropriations
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (128-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed
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House Motion Special Order until 2/11 (Delegate Smith) Adopted
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Appropriations
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House Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Appropriations
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House Pre-filed