---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)"
description: "Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Maryland SB 439 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61aa9f12-2129-402d-b413-838e358ddcee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0439?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cf3c339d1a41b50a484d7f7a4e1ba615245f9f8462a153c741f511a585c2fcbc"
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 439 (2021) — Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_138_sb0439t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0439f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Athletes (Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0439t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61aa9f12-2129-402d-b413-838e358ddcee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).