2026 Regular Session
HB3
Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher education in the State; and altering the method for allocating funds for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 12, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
135 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
April 10, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
38 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 3 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
136 yea–0 nay · 3 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
February 13, 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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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (136-0) View roll call
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House House Concurs Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (38-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {743827/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (135-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Appropriations
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House Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Appropriations
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House Pre-filed