---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021"
description: "Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 800"
citation: "Maryland SB 800 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4277364b-c98d-4423-8e48-e19909227428"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0800?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01457b40c2fe778b7f5fd491402afd2c5516b51c64c6bc5462a1d547e4c15e1b"
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 800 (2021) — Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_677_sb0800t.pdf)
2. **First - Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0800f.pdf)
3. **Third - Inmate Training and Job Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0800t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **104–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** 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 677 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4277364b-c98d-4423-8e48-e19909227428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).