2026 Regular Session
SB983
Higher Education - Academic Program Approval - Objections Process Alteration and Study
Repealing the requirement that a proposed new academic program be a graduate program in order for the Maryland Higher Education Commission or institutions of higher education in the State to file an objection to implementation of the proposed program; requiring the Program Review Process Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on extending the objection process for certain proposed academic programs with consideration of certain legal precedence regarding unnecessary program duplication; 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.
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 24, 2026 · House
Appropriations
March 4, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 15, 2026 · Senate
Rules
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 Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Appropriations
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {163021/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate First Reading Senate Rules