---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements"
description: "Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Maryland SB 86 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-22"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae17c87-c241-4e9d-8832-a4db121c8c2c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0086?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e7177a177aa8bd02856699de4b93ede78ceaa4fca033e23bb10fe8a6c3b085dd"
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 86 (2021) — Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_98_sb0086t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0086f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Education – Changes to Mandatory Education Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0086t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae17c87-c241-4e9d-8832-a4db121c8c2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).