---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements"
description: "Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Maryland SB 211 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "Muse", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bd3adc-9988-4436-81e5-8fa20a3bc2a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0211?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e7e3e22e467641829ba284b9273361391bda3468000279f5fbb9d373cf8be9bd"
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 211 (2023) — Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_711_sb0211t.pdf)
2. **First - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0211f.pdf)
3. **Third - Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0211t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12bd3adc-9988-4436-81e5-8fa20a3bc2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).