---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work"
description: "Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Maryland SB 187 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ade30f3-fcc3-44c7-a9da-2ee77fa53f7e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0187?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "084cf2546516e451e86672fd7ae45f9a0354ed356842bf361dac10ce6263e81c"
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 187 (2024) — Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_887_sb0187t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0187f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0187t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **114–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 887 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ade30f3-fcc3-44c7-a9da-2ee77fa53f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).