---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Maryland SB 127 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd1011ec-6470-47d5-a9c9-bb82ad92e6b1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0127?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1af890bee4e546da6b3888d7436620e2856bad34f1dc6a78196a74000b3890b2"
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 127 (2021) — Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_676_sb0127t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0127f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Use of Criminal History in Admission - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0127t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **90–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-24** Motion Special Order until 2/26 (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2021-02-26** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 676 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd1011ec-6470-47d5-a9c9-bb82ad92e6b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).