---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southern Maryland – University System of Maryland Partnership Act of 2018"
description: "Southern Maryland – University System of Maryland Partnership Act of 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Maryland HB 1143 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Administrative Agencies", "Committees and Commissions", "Higher Education", "State Universities and Colleges", "Tri-County Council"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southern Maryland Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4434aa07-8b87-4a3b-ab75-325d4ae6133c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1143&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "2a11264f6e9ee44ccf3672709e2b7b5703da0e71505b35f311bad3b1f6a602e8"
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 1143 (2018) — Southern Maryland – University System of Maryland Partnership Act of 2018

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1143e.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Southern Maryland Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {664066/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-17** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {554138/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4434aa07-8b87-4a3b-ab75-325d4ae6133c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).