---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding"
description: "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "Maryland SB 501 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith", "Hershey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7159ff3-0910-4007-b5ac-f97dff23a486"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0501?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53df14147a177b2e041b4a3a287054c4a77508f5af4ae82b58b4bf966d7bc2e8"
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 501 (2020) — Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_403_sb0501e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0501e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0501f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0501t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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 403 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7159ff3-0910-4007-b5ac-f97dff23a486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).