---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining"
description: "Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 746"
citation: "Maryland SB 746 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Benson", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Kelley", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "McCray", "Pinsky", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c4c81f-0cf2-41f1-aa42-6d705874f584"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0746?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "34138dd33b8152e0cf817c4891f1dfe6e972f8fe305c85b57bd32fe8ecee8c68"
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 746 (2021) — Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_16_sb0746t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0746f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0746t.pdf)

## Votes

- Question is on the adoption of the favorable report, as amended. — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–41** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **31–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 16 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c4c81f-0cf2-41f1-aa42-6d705874f584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).