# Maryland SB 0207: Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability

Maryland SB 0207, Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-14 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0207
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Higher Education - Guaranteed Access Grant Program - Applicability
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Last action: 2026-04-14, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Higher Education, Applicants and Applications, Grants, Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc., Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Scholarships and Student Financial Aid
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (176 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Colleges run Guaranteed Access Grant offers: benefit, low. Beginning with the 2029–2030 award year, colleges use a state-ranked need list to offer Guaranteed Access Grants and set amounts. The State Office compiles and certifies the list each year and must finish by October 1, then sends it to colleges. Colleges send award notices to you, and you may accep…
- State reimburses colleges for grants: benefit, low. Each semester, colleges send the State Office a list of students who got a Guaranteed Access Grant and the award amounts. The Office reimburses colleges for those grants. The Office also reimburses colleges for renewal awards made under the renewal lists.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 133 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-14: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 99
- 2026-04-08: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Third Reading Passed (133-0) (House)
- 2026-04-07: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2026-04-07: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-21: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Referred Appropriations Government, Labor, and Elections (House)
- 2026-02-12: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Hearing 1/28 at 10:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-09-17: Pre-filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2026-04-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_99_sb0207t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2026-02-10: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-01-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207f.pdf)

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- SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)
- SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law)
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- HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_99_sb0207t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0207f.pdf)

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- [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS)
- [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS)
- [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS)
- [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0207-2026RS (as of 2026-10-19).