---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education"
description: "State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Maryland HB 1122 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Lehman", "Morgan", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Szeliga", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b3ba10-9818-4e50-98f5-31c96a00f9c4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1122?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4a5676d6c0f5fcddfbb091da7f62344ae7c30be062e7c8533e4fa909ad38e533"
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 1122 (2020) — State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_429_hb1122t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Protection of Personally Identifiable Information - University System of Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1122f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1122t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Reassigned to Health and Government Operations Appropriations
- **2020-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2020-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 429 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03b3ba10-9818-4e50-98f5-31c96a00f9c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).