---
type: "Bill"
title: "Morgan State University - Designation as the State's Preeminent Public Urban Research University"
description: "Morgan State University - Designation as the State's Preeminent Public Urban Research University"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1085"
citation: "Maryland SB 1085 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Industry and Technology", "Names", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2a58f16-b92d-46c7-bf3b-849b21053946"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1085&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0f281ede37ce1e87d2c40fd76aa08319fa3a0849f0e1b5003a001bcfa0095474"
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 1085 (2017) — Morgan State University - Designation as the State's Preeminent Public Urban Research University

## 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/sb/sb1085f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2017-02-22** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {444638/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {734261/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2a58f16-b92d-46c7-bf3b-849b21053946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).