---
type: "Bill"
title: "University System of Maryland - Constituent Institutions - Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program"
description: "University System of Maryland - Constituent Institutions - Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 950"
citation: "Maryland HB 950 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Health", "State Universities and Colleges", "Students", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea7f797-f929-4d18-8f4e-3617d138957b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB950&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "fa78af2b1d675085f0b5aa1b350e32504ee7fb3e802aa5c1dc00896100f2c71d"
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 950 (2017) — University System of Maryland - Constituent Institutions - Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program

## 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/hb0950f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ea7f797-f929-4d18-8f4e-3617d138957b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).