---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement - Disposition of Property - Public Universities"
description: "Procurement - Disposition of Property - Public Universities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Maryland HB 1237 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Procurement", "Higher Education", "Personal Property", "Public Works", "Board of", "Real Property", "State Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0be6701-7cb2-427d-a455-6ca690e58fa0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1237&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0522be2f7175d2e8875c2b9d2ebd19b45b5368ed5827fb0224661faf87b2eb67"
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 1237 (2018) — Procurement - Disposition of Property - Public Universities

## 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/hb1237f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {846289/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0be6701-7cb2-427d-a455-6ca690e58fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).