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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment"
+description: "Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 447"
+citation: "Maryland HB 447 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Local Government - Generally", "Auditors and Audits", "Chemical Tests", "Comptroller", "Counties", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Electronic Communication", "Electronic Surveillance", "Grants", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Pretrial Detention or Release", "Revenue and Taxes", "Search and Seizure", "Substance Abuse", "Sunset", "Treasurers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-25"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd6034b1-224e-4bd3-bf68-306859157e50"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB447&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "eb98e3c63828b589b1e50185ff997e0d91a44eb3775d6a75108174375bc14a47"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 447 (2018) — Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0447f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **34–11** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **89–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barron — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
+- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Korman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-25** First Reading Judiciary and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary and Appropriations)
+- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {402517/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-20** Third Reading Passed (89-43) `passage`
+- **2018-03-21** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-02** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
+- **2018-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (34-11) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd6034b1-224e-4bd3-bf68-306859157e50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+