---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title"
description: "Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Maryland SB 27 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9059f1d-bb25-418e-ba7c-9e4ad831dc48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0027?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22fcbf83faa23cb2782ec8443966d3a6c5a7226f1509b9ec771363cc01fc1ba7"
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 27 (2020) — Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_502_sb0027t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0027f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities - Short Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0027t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-27** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 502 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9059f1d-bb25-418e-ba7c-9e4ad831dc48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).