---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible - Commitment"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible - Commitment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Maryland HB 111 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Health Care Facilities and Regulation", "Courts", "Fines", "Health", "Department of", "Hearings", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Notices", "Reports", "State Hospitals", "Time", "Trials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0360b9dc-a8ad-4a51-9ef1-362785123934"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB111&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "1b8faf8ca47f76a3eeb9222330fd1f4f070f5832d459327918b5aad8ee4e5e90"
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 111 (2018) — Maryland Department of Health - Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible - Commitment

## 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/hb0111f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **113–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable with Amendments {682516/2 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Special Order until 2/21 (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (113-18) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0360b9dc-a8ad-4a51-9ef1-362785123934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).