---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Maryland SB 263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Hester", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Lewis Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b6875be-b4b4-4e60-a4a5-b172d7f8ed82"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0263?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e13942be0462ba190f86a9908c48474791cef7e3ddca3e1357703ef72a1dcb64"
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 263 (2023) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_401_sb0263e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0263e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0263f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0263t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b6875be-b4b4-4e60-a4a5-b172d7f8ed82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).