2026 Regular Session
HB6
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan and Reporting
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic data from students; requiring community colleges to adopt a certain plan for pregnant and parenting students; requiring the Commission to submit a report, by September 1, 2027, to certain committees of the General Assembly, that summarizes the data collected.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
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 26, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
101 yea–35 nay · 5 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
41 yea–1 nay · 5 not voting
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
90 yea–33 nay · 17 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
February 27, 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 735
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (90-33) View roll call
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House House Concurs Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (41-1) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {863629/1 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 (101-35) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {803321/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments 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