---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Maryland SB 290 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690a418d-3656-42eb-8f40-1d2ae95bb13c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0290?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6cf99166e5254437e202682d2a0c7080d92effe8470af935bc7f60683e053395"
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 290 (2023) — Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_632_sb0290t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0290f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-SB0290-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0290t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690a418d-3656-42eb-8f40-1d2ae95bb13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).