| MD | SB187 | Pass | Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to submit a certain timeline of deliverables for the planning, design, and construction of the fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 876 |
| MD | SB791 | Pass | Prohibiting local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 872 |
| MD | SB323 | Pass | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment; requiring an intake officer to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| MD | HB108 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals to State correctional facilities to assist incarcerated individuals and organizat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | SB61 | Pass | Establishing the Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction for the purpose of providing access to volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals and organizations led by formerly incarcerated individuals, to State correctional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | SB540 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| MD | HB899 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent of a private home detention monitoring agency, an employee of a courthouse, or an employee of a correctional facility from engaging in certain activities promoting or otherwise soliciting business for a private home detention mon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB1017 | Pass | Prohibiting the State or a unit of local government from approving the construction or operation of a building, structure, or other real property for use as a detention facility by a private entity; establishing that a building, structure, or other r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| MD | HB243 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; and requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 110 |
| MD | SB197 | Pass | Altering the required elements of comprehensive and general plans for charter counties and other local jurisdictions; establishing requirements and guidelines for each element; requiring certain State agencies to provide charter counties and other lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 |
| MD | SB984 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the State or a unit of local government from approving the use of a building, a structure, or other real property for use as a detention facility by a private entity; establishing a certain penalty for a certain violation; and authorizing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1018 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB22 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that certain provisions about identification documents apply only to certain incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to determine whether an incarcerated individual is in possession of certain documentation on tak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB279 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the establishment of a medication review committee within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that convenes to determine whether to approve the administration of psychotropic medication to a certain incarcerated indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB310 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB985 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB630 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from operating an immigration detention facility at a building, structure, or facility that was not originally designed and constructed for the purpose of housing or detaining individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1635 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain governmental entities or a company acting under a contract with certain governmental entities from entering into agreements facilitating, paying for costs related to, receiving any payment related to, or otherwise giving financial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB667 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for fem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1340 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission as an independent unit of State government; and requiring the Commission, by January 1 each year, to submit a report of the Commission's activities, findings, and recommendations to the Gov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1154 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1575 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting employees and agents of State and local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; and prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Special Secretary of Overdose Response to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring certain counties to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB944 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Reentry Readiness Program in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and requiring the Department to work jointly with the Motor Vehicle Administration, the Division of Vital Records in the Maryland Department of H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB89 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; and altering the circumstances unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB612 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Director of Education and Workforce Skills Training for Correctional Institutions to consult with the State Correctional Ombudsman about the operation of education and workforce skills training programs in adult correctional institution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB891 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Patuxent Institution and each State and local correctional facility to maintain records on instances of items damaged or destroyed due to visible leakage of menstrual discharge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Patuxent Insti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; and altering the circumstances unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to provide notice of the release of an individual at least 48 hours prior to the release and to transfer the individual to fede...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring local law enforcement agencies in the State that operate a correctional facility to enter into an immigration enforcement agreement by January 1, 2027; and establishing penalties for local law enforcement agencies that fail to comply with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB935 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for fem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Adult Prison School Board Model Development Committee to develop a comprehensive plan for a school board system to oversee correctional education for individuals subject to the criminal and juvenile justice systems; and requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB697 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for murder in the first degree that occurred on or after October 1, 2026...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing certain provisions relating to the detention, confinement, and transportation of children arrested, convicted, or awaiting trial on certain charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB296 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing certain provisions relating to the detention, confinement, and transportation of children arrested, convicted, or awaiting trial for certain offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an applicable clinical professional to assess, at the time of intake at a State correctional facility, a newly incarcerated individual for a developmental or intellectual disability; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the establishment of a medication review committee within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that convenes to determine whether to approve the administration of psychotropic medication to a certain incarcerated indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
