---
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: "SB 1"
citation: "Maryland SB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carozza", "Carter", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Peters", "Pinsky", "Reilly", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ec010a-8ac6-4709-b0f3-be75f946b245"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0ce5ed109d48a8816d696e76df5629c1ed9f31c96fa19a69245d5b9ef1437547"
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 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_42_sb0001e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0001e.pdf)
3. **First - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0001f.pdf)
4. **Third - Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0001t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **122–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/20 at 11:00 a.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-01-12** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-01-12** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-01-18** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Hearing 3/05 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-03-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2ec010a-8ac6-4709-b0f3-be75f946b245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).