---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers"
description: "Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Maryland SB 101 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Bailey", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc30355-fc72-4f57-95de-63b181c54373"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0101?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bd292c99c3572199b1a9e6c9de8c5a90b3eb46ebaa897be0fbf0a9411598f558"
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 101 (2026) — Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_679_sb0101t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0101f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0101t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings) and Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2026-03-03** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings) and Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc30355-fc72-4f57-95de-63b181c54373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).