---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment"
description: "Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Maryland HB 54 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-10"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8452d9b3-ab0f-467c-8e4d-af893332447c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0054?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d4cbd1ce14e15e907bc8e73440e9911ecd4931d04ea920df2b4612d429a7f75"
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 54 (2022) — Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_607_hb0054t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0054f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education – St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Cost–of–Living Adjustment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0054t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–37** (pass) · lower
- HB 54 HB 203 HB 204 HB 268 HB 302 HB 385 HB 635 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8452d9b3-ab0f-467c-8e4d-af893332447c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).