---
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: "SB 14"
citation: "Maryland SB 14 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Cassilly", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Kelley", "Lee", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49596d6e-8d01-44f7-8924-1126f0d490a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0014?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f1059c692bdc01fd52e369cc25f9cdba5f28d6b6434695969978bf0c0dd7d423"
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 14 (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_76_sb0014t.pdf)
2. **First - Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0014f.pdf)
3. **Racial and Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2021rs-SB14-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/sb/sb0014t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2021-01-15** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 76 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49596d6e-8d01-44f7-8924-1126f0d490a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).