---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers"
description: "Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Maryland SB 285 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9945efaa-e3b2-4271-880f-eeabbdd4c03d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0285?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5de2e87bb8ee102a97708432bdd0d44d5f71fa8a5794835602c401bdd3bed0aa"
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 285 (2026) — Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_681_sb0285t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0285f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0285t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9945efaa-e3b2-4271-880f-eeabbdd4c03d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).