---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)"
description: "Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Maryland HB 16 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-14"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47df7a1-bdd4-4177-9d7f-c17db85fbeca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0016?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bb4af5dffea4b349c4cb864e431d8647646799d9701d34aac065e1ebde4bcb66"
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 16 (2021) — Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_19_hb0016e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0016e.pdf)
3. **First - Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0016f.pdf)
4. **Third - Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0016t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Hartman /213227/1 — **44–89** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **86–46** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Szeliga /123523/1 — **44–88** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **86–44** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Novotny /153726/1 — **45–86** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Pippy /593026/1 — **45–88** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Pippy /923522/1 — **43–90** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Motion Special Order vote on veto until next session (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 19 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47df7a1-bdd4-4177-9d7f-c17db85fbeca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).