Bill No. HB455

Summary
Status
Sponsors
Texts
Votes
Amendments
Supplements
History
Summary

Bill ID

2090938

State

MD

Title

Education - Certification of Scholarship Granting Organizations (Opting in on Opportunity Act)

Description

Requiring the State Department of Education to approve and certify a nonprofit organization that meets certain requirements as a scholarship granting organization; requiring the Department, beginning in 2027, to annually provide the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury a list of scholarship granting organizations; and requiring the Comptroller to make available online guidance that assists taxpayers in claiming a certain tax credit for certain contributions.

Bill Type

Bill

Category

Federal Vouchers Opt In, Tax Credit Vouchers

Session

2026 Regular Session

Special Session

No Data Available

Status

Current Status

Introduced

Status Last Updated

2026-01-23

Pending Committee

Calendar

Hearing
2026-02-26
13:00
House Ways and Means Hearing

Sponsors

Sponsors

R
Rep
April Fleming Miller
HD-004
1
0
R
Rep
William Wivell
HD-002
2
0
R
Rep
Christopher Adams
HD-037
3
0
R
Rep
Kevin Anderson
HD-038
4
0
R
Rep
Steven Arentz
HD-036
5
0
R
Rep
Terry Baker
HD-001
6
0
R
Rep
Barry Beauchamp
HD-038
7
0
R
Rep
Christopher Bouchat
HD-005
8
0
R
Rep
Jason Buckel
HD-001
9
0
R
Rep
Barrie Ciliberti
HD-004
10
0
R
Rep
Jeff Ghrist
HD-036
11
0
R
Rep
Michael Griffith
HD-035
12
0
R
Rep
Wayne Hartman
HD-038
13
0
R
Rep
Jim Hinebaugh
HD-001
14
0
R
Rep
Kevin Hornberger
HD-035
15
0
R
Rep
Seth Howard
HD-030
16
0
R
Rep
Tom Hutchinson
HD-037
17
0
R
Rep
Jay Jacobs
HD-036
18
0
R
Rep
Nicholaus Kipke
HD-031
19
0
R
Rep
Bob Long
HD-006
20
0
R
Rep
Nino Mangione
HD-042
21
0
R
Rep
Todd Morgan
HD-029
22
0
R
Rep
LaToya Nkongolo
HD-031
23
0
R
Rep
Jesse Pippy
HD-004
24
0
R
Rep
Teresa Reilly
HD-035
25
0
R
Rep
April Rose
HD-005
26
0
R
Rep
Chris Tomlinson
HD-005
27
0
R
Rep
William Valentine
HD-002
28
0

Texts

Texts

2026-01-23
Introduced
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/MD/text/HB455/id/3330997

Votes

Votes

No data available

Amendments

Amendments

No data available

Supplements

Supplements

No data available

History

Progress

2026-01-23
Introduced
2026-01-23
Refer

History

2026-01-23
First Reading Ways and Means
H
2026-02-05
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
H

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