---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities"
description: "Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Maryland SB 798 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Communications", "Disclosure", "Discrimination", "Harassment", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Commission", "Internet", "Notices", "Privacy", "Public Information", "Reports", "Sports and Recreation", "Students", "Threats"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes and Guzzone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e289fdad-5cd3-42b1-98c8-a9419838fddb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB798&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "012f101aa38be02f09e64ae4ce521ad4575012220ce99c2413fbcb20c9743110"
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 798 (2019) — Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0798f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **108–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes and Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (108-30) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e289fdad-5cd3-42b1-98c8-a9419838fddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).