---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation"
description: "Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 823"
citation: "Maryland SB 823 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion", "Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eb23930-d408-4b13-b34d-72a6a92a7aa8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0823?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6e1d3047af9e375dac774fcf850b4b8488986746147fa9e59cc411e0bb853012"
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 823 (2021) — Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_572_sb0823t.pdf)
2. **First - Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0823f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cecil County - Board of Education - Member Terms and Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0823t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — 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 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-03** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 572 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eb23930-d408-4b13-b34d-72a6a92a7aa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).