---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Indigent Individual - Indigency Determination"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Indigent Individual - Indigency Determination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "Maryland SB 714 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Bail", "District Courts", "Hearings", "Indigent Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McFadden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e9e951b-4e7c-48cd-96bd-49da126a9014"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB714&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "16ccc23095115b8035a238494ae7720dfa77c8a60509616a4f74214483c320cc"
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 714 (2017) — Criminal Procedure - Indigent Individual - Indigency Determination

## 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/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0714f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McFadden — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {478571/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {402018/2 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e9e951b-4e7c-48cd-96bd-49da126a9014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).