---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements"
description: "Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 771"
citation: "Maryland SB 771 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683867cf-acc2-4332-85f6-2d2e3cf1f399"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0771?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f2aef9353f59e115ce0570a87b844d1516d78f3d56cc5a075acfdb020e5bb9d3"
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 771 (2024) — Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_187_sb0771t.pdf)
2. **First - Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0771f.pdf)
3. **Third - Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0771t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683867cf-acc2-4332-85f6-2d2e3cf1f399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).