---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education"
description: "Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Maryland HB 89 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f9593d-e7e2-4047-8d3a-85b6a675c63b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0089?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ecef61fdfde825bbcae62a01d47913d8da9d40fe83659efb57472fc5b025d954"
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 89 (2021) — Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_365_hb0089t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0089f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0089t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **89–46** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Wilson) Adopted
- **2021-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-01** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 365 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42f9593d-e7e2-4047-8d3a-85b6a675c63b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).