---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - State Funding - Revision"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - State Funding - Revision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Maryland HB 173 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Hill", "Hornberger", "Kerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb6d4ff-2786-4b24-9d61-43ba13fda32a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0173?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "45db82c3e5aa90017a6aa7f911b984f1191f962ac505aef042b5a49243056039"
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 173 (2021) — Institutions of Higher Education - State Funding - Revision

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - State Funding - Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_418_hb0173e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Institutions of Higher Education - State Funding - Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0173e.pdf)
3. **First - Community Colleges - State Funding - Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0173f.pdf)
4. **Third - Community Colleges - State Funding - Revision** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0173t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 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 `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 418 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cb6d4ff-2786-4b24-9d61-43ba13fda32a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).