---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures"
description: "Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "Maryland SB 446 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Ellis", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Lam", "Pinsky", "Sydnor", "Washington", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0446?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "16639a7bf83113114d2daff3e8a9c14bba6dc193ec2cb94188b170dc0a052672"
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 446 (2020) — Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_554_sb0446e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446e.pdf)
3. **First - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446f.pdf)
4. **Third - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0446t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **110–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–8** (pass) · upper
- On second reading and open to amendment — **15–31** (fail) · upper
- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **98–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2020-02-25** Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2020-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Solomon) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).