---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program"
description: "Higher Education - Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Maryland SB 204 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Appropriations", "Budgets", "Cybersecurity", "Governor", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Commission", "Public Schools", "Rules and Regulations", "Scholarships and Student Financial Aid", "State Employees", "Students", "Teachers", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire and Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20bedc16-8a2c-44c4-a78a-fb98ba2ef667"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB204&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4a61c38f0e35f7646ca5a063792c3ed58432dece43ad9a2019fb055137610119"
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 204 (2018) — Higher Education - Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0204f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with 3 amendments — **29–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire and Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {574437/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Committee Amendment (#1) Adopted (29-14) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Committee Amendment (#2-3) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20bedc16-8a2c-44c4-a78a-fb98ba2ef667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).