---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment"
description: "Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Maryland SB 202 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Kelley", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-20"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/689042db-06fa-408b-ba3b-72003aa01dd1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0202?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2298343d63f9990d0c1677e2f73fac156e43cf887e849005052ecd1382e73eba"
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 202 (2021) — Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_30_sb0202e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0202e.pdf)
3. **First - Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf)
4. **Third - Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0202t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment Ready /283228/1 — **19–27** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /623521/1 — **19–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **90–45** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Cassilly /493329/1 — **19–28** (fail) · upper
- On third reading — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **88–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/03 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Carter) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Carter, Waldstreicher and Hough)
- **2021-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Carter, Waldstreicher and Hough)
- **2021-04-05** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Williams and Malone)
- **2021-04-05** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Clippinger, Williams and Malone)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **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** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 30 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/689042db-06fa-408b-ba3b-72003aa01dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).