Legislation - HB1313

Title: Higher Education - Tuition Exemption - Incarcerated Individuals
Sponsored by: Delegates Embry, Lehman, Pasteur, and Taveras
Status: In the House - First Reading Appropriations and Government, Labor, and Elections
Analysis

Synopsis

Establishing that incarcerated individuals are exempt, subject to certain conditions, from paying tuition at public institutions of higher education in the State.

Committees

Original:: Appropriations; Government, Labor, and Elections

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/12/2026 Legislative Date 2/12/2026 Action First Reading Appropriations and Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption - Incarcerated Individuals Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/12/2026	2/12/2026	First Reading Appropriations and Government, Labor, and Elections
			Text - First - Higher Education - Tuition Exemption - Incarcerated Individuals

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