---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collective Bargaining - Maryland School for the Deaf - Application and Separate Bargaining Unit"
description: "Collective Bargaining - Maryland School for the Deaf - Application and Separate Bargaining Unit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 556"
citation: "Maryland SB 556 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0053a4-2021-4694-9d56-fb6be83cda24"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0556?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cdc8096a86cb4b7edb233e3414112f2460a1fc6408ec7fbbbb2470eabf83717d"
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 556 (2021) — Collective Bargaining - Maryland School for the Deaf - Application and Separate Bargaining Unit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Collective Bargaining - Maryland School for the Deaf - Application and Separate Bargaining Unit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_804_sb0556t.pdf)
2. **First - Collective Bargaining - Teachers at the Maryland School for the Deaf - Separate Bargaining Unit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0556f.pdf)
3. **Third - Collective Bargaining - Maryland School for the Deaf - Application and Separate Bargaining Unit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0556t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–42** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 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 804 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d0053a4-2021-4694-9d56-fb6be83cda24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).