Maryland Senate Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-22 - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing the Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals; requiring the Task Force to analyze data related to no-charge prison phone call programs in other states, evaluate the projected program cost to the State, and evaluate and make recommendations to allow for no-charge phone calls by individuals confined in State correctional facilities while minimizing financial cost to the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2023.

Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals (Keeping Families Connected Act of 2023)

Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]

Sen. Jill Carter [D]

2023-03-10 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 35 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22	House	Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-13	House	Referred Judiciary
2023-03-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (35-11)
2023-03-08	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-08	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {843821/1 Adopted
2023-03-07	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2023-01-26	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-25	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

SB257 (Carry Over) 2023-03-22 - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
SB257 (Carry Over) 2023-03-22 - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0257?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0257f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0257t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0007/sb0257_84382101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0257_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0322.pdf