---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Warrants and Absconding"
description: "Public Safety - Warrants and Absconding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 585"
citation: "Maryland SB 585 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hough", "Jackson", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822ca4a0-697c-4441-89b0-f4d40317b2db"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0585?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dbf43705837287f149b3fbb715a6ca510dfec14bd334543044789deb2c6e0af8"
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 585 (2022) — Public Safety - Warrants and Absconding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Warrants and Absconding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_174_sb0585t.pdf)
2. **First - Warrant Apprehension Reduction Grant** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0585f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Warrants and Absconding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0585t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2022-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822ca4a0-697c-4441-89b0-f4d40317b2db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).