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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Pretrial Risk Scoring Instruments"
+description: "Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Pretrial Risk Scoring Instruments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 49"
+citation: "Maryland HB 49 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-08-22"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c99f4265-c0e4-4424-8f3b-c1ce39de685a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0049?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "10fe358687ee16bdd4b6771a3fdc136b6b3c37c3840e0aa9bd3d46b73381db60"
+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 49 (2020) — Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Pretrial Risk Scoring Instruments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Pretrial Risk Scoring Instruments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_41_hb0049t.pdf)
+2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0049f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Pretrial Risk Scoring Instruments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0049t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-08-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c99f4265-c0e4-4424-8f3b-c1ce39de685a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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