---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Reform"
description: "Juvenile Justice Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Maryland SB 691 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecdabc38-a68b-431d-b7a2-1f17de019e2d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0691?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f145a4c3ca53d3cf4faa3e019e0f8b547c7adf1cb8c50fb646b10f31e58a3432"
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 691 (2022) — Juvenile Justice Reform

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_41_sb0691t.pdf)
2. **First - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0691f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2022RS-SB0691-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0691t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **29–17** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **92–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Carter) Adopted
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-23** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Motion Special Order until 3/29 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecdabc38-a68b-431d-b7a2-1f17de019e2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).