---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget"
description: "Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 966"
citation: "Maryland HB 966 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southern Maryland Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88b3a81-5abe-4a50-9a3a-25aacf961721"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0966?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bfca26519e6dce43d5a469fe15c29d0b86095e0789aec8b6a468b005fff417e2"
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 HB 966 (2020) — Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_393_hb0966t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0966f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - College of Southern Maryland - Budget** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0966t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Southern Maryland Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 393 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f88b3a81-5abe-4a50-9a3a-25aacf961721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).