Maryland Senate Bill 478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-04-12 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stating certain findings of the General Assembly; prohibiting the State or any local jurisdiction from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from approving zoning variances or permits for the construction or reuse of buildings to house immigration-related detainees; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees not later than October 1, 2022; etc.

Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)

Sen. William Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-12	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2021-01-25	Senate	Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-20	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB16 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-26 - Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB850 (Carry Over) 2020-02-06 - Hearing 2/26 at 12:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Correctional Services	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Correctional Services	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Correctional Services	1	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0478?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0478f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0478_jpr.pdf