---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding"
description: "Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Maryland HB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-16"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db1fcff-f100-46f5-8b5a-738faf110cd2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0001?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "808d0a1469c903eb1494807790f63ea88946f301faeb7915f029a083bb77fe58"
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 HB 1 (2021) — Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_41_hb0001e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0001e.pdf)
3. **First - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0001f.pdf)
4. **Third - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0001t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **120–14** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **115–14** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Budget and Taxation Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-03-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db1fcff-f100-46f5-8b5a-738faf110cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).