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*hb1332*
HOUSE BILL 1332
E5 4lr3151
CF SB 860
By: Delegates Valentine, Baker, Buckel, Hinebaugh, Tomlinson, and Wivell
Introduced and read first time: February 9, 2024
Assigned to: Judiciary
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 3, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services – Study on Location of 2
Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services 4
to conduct a certain study examining certain data regarding an individual’s 5
residence prior to incarceration and on release from a State correctional facility; and 6
generally relating to State correctional facilities. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Correctional Services 9
Section 9–618 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Correctional Services 15
9–618. 16
(A) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND EACH OCTOBER 1 THEREAFTER , 17
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COND UCT A STUDY ON THE L OCATION OF INDIVIDUA LS 18
BEFORE AND FOLL OWING INCARCERATION IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FA CILITY 19 2 HOUSE BILL 1332
AND REPORT THE RESUL TS OF THE STUDY TO T HE SENATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 1
COMMITTEE, THE SENATE BUDGET AND TAXATION COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE 2
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, IN 3
ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 4
(B) THE STUDY SHALL INCLU DE: 5
(1) DATA ON THE COUNTY O F RESIDENCE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL 6
RELEASED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR , AS REPORTED BY THE I NDIVIDUAL ON 7
INTAKE TO THE FACILI TY; 8
(2) DATA ON THE COUNTY OF RELEASE FO LLOWING INCARCERATIO N; 9
(3) FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TRANSFERRED FRO M ONE STATE 10
CORRECTIONAL FACILIT Y TO ANOTHER PRIOR T O RELEASE, THE NUMBER OF DAYS 11
THAT THE TRANSFER OC CURRED BEFORE RELEAS E; AND 12
(4) A COMPARISON OF : 13
(I) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RELEASED FROM A STATE 14
CORRECTIONAL FACILIT Y INTO THE SAME COUN TY IN WHICH THEY RES IDED PRIOR 15
TO INCARCERATION ; 16
(II) THE NUMBER OF INDIVI DUALS RELEASED FROM A STATE 17
CORRECTIONAL FACILIT Y INTO THE SAME COUN TY IN WHICH CONVICTI ON 18
OCCURRED; AND 19
(III) THE NUMBER OF INDIVI DUALS RELEASED FROM A STATE 20
CORRECTIONAL FACILIT Y INTO THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY WERE INCA RCERATED 21
AT THE TIME OF RELEA SE. 22
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
October 1, 2024. 24
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.