---
type: "Bill"
title: "University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority"
description: "University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Maryland SB 344 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2e13e4-00f6-4742-a939-7bc07cc07afa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0344?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "07456a9d065f54a67fd2a196f843161d53188944b980dc347d0c11efcbbb394e"
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 344 (2020) — University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_550_sb0344t.pdf)
2. **First - University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0344f.pdf)
3. **Third - University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0344t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2020-02-18** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **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 550 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2e13e4-00f6-4742-a939-7bc07cc07afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).