---
type: "Bill"
title: "Academic Facilities Bonding Authority"
description: "Academic Facilities Bonding Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Maryland HB 717 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Capital Budget", "Bonds", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fed027b-bbf3-4fd9-8201-60e3c942c6c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB717&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1fe75e4fb25d5698a237717c62ffb8e2e7ad9f323f25b4cad768bbc63cf31464"
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 717 (2017) — Academic Facilities Bonding Authority

## 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/hb0717f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - University System of Maryland) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Jones) Adopted
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fed027b-bbf3-4fd9-8201-60e3c942c6c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).