---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations"
description: "Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Maryland SB 737 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41564ce-22de-4a6a-aec8-dc368e138e11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0737?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5492dbf71b9f268026d2ffce206169fafd1167ff518275a5c8c06e65383e5129"
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 737 (2024) — Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_276_sb0737t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0737f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Harford Community College Board of Trustees - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0737t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Harford County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-28** 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.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41564ce-22de-4a6a-aec8-dc368e138e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).