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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures"
+description: "Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 446"
+citation: "Maryland SB 446 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Ellis", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Lam", "Pinsky", "Sydnor", "Washington", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0446?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "16639a7bf83113114d2daff3e8a9c14bba6dc193ec2cb94188b170dc0a052672"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 446 (2020) — Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_554_sb0446e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446e.pdf)
+3. **First - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **110–18** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **36–8** (pass) · upper
+- On second reading and open to amendment — **15–31** (fail) · upper
+- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **98–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Pinsky — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** Committee Amendment Adopted
+- **2020-02-25** Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
+- **2020-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-26** Floor Amendment {
+- **2020-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Solomon) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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