---
type: "Bill"
title: "Important Documents and Identification Cards – Inmates"
description: "Important Documents and Identification Cards – Inmates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Maryland SB 77 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81d7d3f5-3ca9-4144-9a29-ef1b54aaa7ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0077?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3189ceaee6e390068fdb87269d071f24dc8b8c70af037e0614a79ab10b0ebb90"
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 77 (2020) — Important Documents and Identification Cards – Inmates

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Important Documents and Identification Cards – Inmates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_514_sb0077t.pdf)
2. **First - Identification Cards and Driver's License Renewals - Inmates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0077f.pdf)
3. **Third - Important Documents and Identification Cards – Inmates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0077t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-08** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-08** Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 514 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81d7d3f5-3ca9-4144-9a29-ef1b54aaa7ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).