---
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: "HB 209"
citation: "Maryland HB 209 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey", "Conaway", "Embry", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Taylor", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc86602-1dc6-47ca-98d4-357f4870d82e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0209?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ff31369c5914c7adf9197fc6a949322ee864204477b866599481f3d8086755fd"
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 HB 209 (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_945_hb0209t.pdf)
2. **First - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0209f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0209t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Finance
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 945 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcc86602-1dc6-47ca-98d4-357f4870d82e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).