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Bill	Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures	Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 446	Maryland SB 446 (2020)	bill		enacted	Elfreth Ellis Hettleman Kagan Lam Pinsky Sydnor Washington Young	4	22	5	2020-01-27	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0446?ys=2020RS&search=True	16639a7bf83113114d2daff3e8a9c14bba6dc193ec2cb94188b170dc0a052672	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 446 (2020) — Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — 110–18 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 36–8 (pass) · upper
• On second reading and open to amendment — 15–31 (fail) · upper
• On third reading — 44–1 (pass) · upper
• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — 98–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Pinsky — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Washington — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-02-24 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 Committee Amendment Adopted
• 2020-02-25 Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
• 2020-02-26 Favorable with Amendments Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 Floor Amendment {
• 2020-02-26 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-02-28 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-02 Referred Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-16 Hearing canceled
• 2020-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-17 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Solomon) Adopted
• 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2fbfb15-6226-4aa7-b5ec-02af1d378058. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).