---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission"
description: "Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 623"
citation: "Maryland SB 623 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e521e642-5437-4d93-982b-7f78725e522f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0623?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8b996d630bd2df5caaa8bb014350290e07f2fbae3d9c7e43d3cb0bc222820ce9"
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 623 (2024) — Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_946_sb0623t.pdf)
2. **First - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0623f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0623t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 946 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e521e642-5437-4d93-982b-7f78725e522f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).