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*sb0637*
SENATE BILL 637
F2 4lr1683
CF HB 473
By: Senators Brooks and Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2024
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out–of–State Tuition Exemption 2
Eligibility 3
FOR the purpose of decreasing the number of years an individual or the individual’s parent 4
or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an 5
out–of–state tuition exemption; and generally relating to out–of–state tuition 6
exemptions for undocumented students. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 15–106.8(b)(4) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Education 15
15–106.8. 16
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an individual shall be 17
exempt from paying the out–of–state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education 18
in the State, and shall be eligible for the tuition rates described under subsections (c) and 19
(d) of this section, if the individual: 20
(4) Provides to the public institution of higher education documentation 21
that the individual or the individual’s parent or legal guardian has filed a Maryland income 22
tax return [annually] for the [3–year period] TAXABLE YEAR IMMEDIA TELY before the 23
academic year in which the tuition rate exemption would apply; 24 2 SENATE BILL 637
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1
1, 2024. 2