---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colonel Todd J. Hixson Memorial Resource Center Act"
description: "Colonel Todd J. Hixson Memorial Resource Center Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 689"
citation: "Maryland HB 689 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Community Colleges", "Counselors", "Job Training", "Students", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McIntosh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10bda4c8-b959-4c2e-b345-f410414694b7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB689&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7866f1abd31746d411f11343138eab8793a967ca59d5f2e1eb137b816fc8d4fe"
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 689 (2018) — Colonel Todd J. Hixson Memorial Resource Center Act

## 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/hb0689f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McIntosh — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- W. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Favorable with Amendments {415169/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Floor Amendment {583327/1 (Delegate Vallario) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-06** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10bda4c8-b959-4c2e-b345-f410414694b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).