---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding"
description: "Higher Education - University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Maryland SB 376 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Jackson", "King", "McCray", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a29c254-d529-49b6-8084-105cbb18c570"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0376?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "da7d46c61b23addf59ce7e5211301cf6f0672cec656713a6f2c42b3eb8055af2"
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 376 (2024) — Higher Education - University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_181_sb0376e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Higher Education - University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0376e.pdf)
3. **First - Higher Education – MPowering Joint Steering Council – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0376f.pdf)
4. **Third - Higher Education – MPowering Joint Steering Council – Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0376t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **101–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a29c254-d529-49b6-8084-105cbb18c570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).