---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law)"
description: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Maryland HB 187 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lehman", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reznik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2181fc5-1efc-4465-8603-be883876643a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0187?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22d99c05777289265ac59b20b73bab5692205dd63651e3581762bfcb8d3df0c6"
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 187 (2020) — Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_98_hb0187t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0187f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0187t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lehman — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 98 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2181fc5-1efc-4465-8603-be883876643a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).