---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Reform Council"
description: "Juvenile Justice Reform Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "Maryland SB 856 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Juvenile Law", "Committees and Commissions", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Juvenile Causes", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Repeate Offenders", "Reports", "Sunset", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zirkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbfbb232-188e-48dd-b50b-781b8678f150"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB856&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "fc8f02a696ce303e5cae017b8ebfd91d4a70e39c7dc478bbf272d89b0fda4c94"
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 856 (2019) — Juvenile Justice Reform Council

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0856f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zirkin — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {518475/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Floor Amendment {173023/1 (Senator Smith) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Special Order until later today (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2019-03-13** Floor Amendment {923329/1 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {512615/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbfbb232-188e-48dd-b50b-781b8678f150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).