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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)"
description: "Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Maryland SB 294 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Kagan", "King", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Pinsky", "Reilly", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8738e60-2e60-4c40-9cc1-d07dbd4404aa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0294?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "035e7a575764b01d89090c3f7b827a30627c8260c4c21d125c7bf05f8a00ab44"
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 294 (2020) — Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_546_sb0294t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0294f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0294t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **1270** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **1270** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-22** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate P. Young) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 546 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8738e60-2e60-4c40-9cc1-d07dbd4404aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).