---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties"
description: "Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Maryland SB 497 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Carter", "Eckardt", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Kelley", "McCray", "Smith", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1445ac15-1fa0-49c9-b848-687a4ff50c84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0497?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "49c0dc89f612b635795568ec044333e31b6e727ff96ffb18efdd7fb902b925d3"
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 497 (2021) — Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_147_sb0497e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0497e.pdf)
3. **First - Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0497f.pdf)
4. **Third - Juvenile Services Education Board and Program – Establishment, Powers, and Duties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0497t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/17 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary)
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 147 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1445ac15-1fa0-49c9-b848-687a4ff50c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).