---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act"
description: "Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "Maryland SB 620 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64e7a8c-d98a-4244-97a7-a7c895da640c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0620?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "36424b6137ea97ca567e4cfdf11a64e3c6486e729f008de5c592bdb1444f1083"
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 620 (2024) — Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_943_sb0620t.pdf)
2. **First - Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0620f.pdf)
3. **Third - Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0620t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **110–27** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 943 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64e7a8c-d98a-4244-97a7-a7c895da640c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).