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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 08, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 285
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
NO: 0
YES: 133
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Adams
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kerr
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Baker
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Ross
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Ruff
- Wells
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Schindler
- Williams
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Stein
- Young
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
NO: 1
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Appropriations
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Adopted
- Floor Amendment {143620/1 (Senator Carozza) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- O'Hara, Molly (Office of Senator Mary Beth Carozza)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Mary Ann (St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation Center)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Carozza, Mary Beth
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Music, Meghan (MHEC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- White, Virginia (Maryland Association of Counties)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Sample, Sarah (Maryland Association of Counties)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Carozza, Mary Beth
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Music, Meghan (MHEC)
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All


