---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Quasi-Endowment Funds"
description: "Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Quasi-Endowment Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Maryland HB 437 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Construction", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Revenue and Taxes", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39ab39ad-2df4-4095-8fdc-597f86ed7b19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB437&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "169ff72d04b7501f7b1fa5cab3247aca897ea61b4785eee579e40c15ec0c2877"
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 HB 437 (2017) — Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Quasi-Endowment Funds

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0437f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39ab39ad-2df4-4095-8fdc-597f86ed7b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).