Maryland House Bill 310

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-19 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring an incarcerated individual to undergo an assessment for indicators of a developmental or intellectual disability at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; and prohibiting a State correctional facility from putting a certain incarcerated individual in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days in a 30-day time period unless the individual commits a certain prohibited act.

Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities

Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Del. Andre Johnson [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]	Del. Scott Phillips [D]
Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Karen Simpson [D]	Del. Gabriel Moreno [D]	Del. Susan McComas [R]
Del. LaToya Nkongolo [R]	Del. Gary Simmons [D]	Del. Kym Taylor [D]

2026-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 132 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-19	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2026-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (132-0)
2026-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments {303123/1 Adopted
2026-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2026-01-29	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-15	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB268 (Crossfiled) 2026-01-20 - Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0310?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0310f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0310t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0000/hb0310_30312301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0310_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0448.pdf