---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures and Operations - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures and Operations - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 501"
citation: "Maryland SB 501 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Pinsky", "Rosapepe", "Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266df499-bc6b-4b85-99c2-0c4881f73792"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0501?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df2e90b48ec1972b681a11ae71d7df083a328d98dc5f98a28a3b83253f758e1a"
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 (2022) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures and Operations - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures and Operations - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_sb0501e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures and Operations - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0501e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0501f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Procedures - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0501t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-02** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-02** Hearing 3/02 at 1:03 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 640 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266df499-bc6b-4b85-99c2-0c4881f73792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).