---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility"
description: "Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 845"
citation: "Maryland SB 845 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/564f27e5-b951-42c4-917c-2feff0683934"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0845?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "833069ba6d67d6b02e4831d624eee2d0e96f12b81d2c4dd2fa4194fc4c016447"
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 845 (2021) — Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_97_sb0845t.pdf)
2. **First - Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0845f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education – Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships – Eligibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0845t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — 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.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `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 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
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/564f27e5-b951-42c4-917c-2feff0683934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).