---
type: "Bill"
title: "Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center"
description: "Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Maryland SB 553 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lee", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53654a62-cd2b-4dcb-8ca7-d159c51be44d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0553?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e5bfbe842ada041b46d768f92304d36454648b09c47c08d729030d3d6dc2d7e0"
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 553 (2020) — Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0553t.pdf)
2. **First - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0553f.pdf)
3. **Third - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0553t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2020-03-16** 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 448 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53654a62-cd2b-4dcb-8ca7-d159c51be44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).