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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements"
+description: "Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 211"
+citation: "Maryland SB 211 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James", "Muse", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-01-23"
+last_action: "2023-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bd3adc-9988-4436-81e5-8fa20a3bc2a2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0211?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e7e3e22e467641829ba284b9273361391bda3468000279f5fbb9d373cf8be9bd"
+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 SB 211 (2023) — Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_711_sb0211t.pdf)
+2. **First - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0211f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0211t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12bd3adc-9988-4436-81e5-8fa20a3bc2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+