---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)"
description: "Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 742"
citation: "Maryland HB 742 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6ba70da-9c30-4a20-b70a-23f23f9b08e7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0742?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6990f892360a0be5e87f6a90443933e58bcb5bd71a499ae9eb09f8825870d03d"
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 742 (2021) — Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_77_hb0742t.pdf)
2. **First - Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0742f.pdf)
3. **Racial and Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2021rs-HB742-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0742t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Lierman) Adopted
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6ba70da-9c30-4a20-b70a-23f23f9b08e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).