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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force"
+description: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 646"
+citation: "Maryland HB 646 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Holmes", "McCaskill", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad98e36-1da6-4617-be24-f18e00512f12"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0646?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "2edf9ad65333d1a9e18d829a60aac2b57727c4cd7970099b6f248fefdd8be16a"
+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 646 (2025) — Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_113_hb0646t.pdf)
+2. **First - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0646f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0646t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **115–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
+- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad98e36-1da6-4617-be24-f18e00512f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+