---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting"
description: "Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "Maryland HB 565 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Fair", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Simmons", "Terrasa", "Wilkins", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99286104-61e5-41e8-9d19-8984d2deb9c9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0565?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3c8a770745749e7219a76765d5a496f4546cf862f9e6e7bbcb901a97b20c706b"
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 HB 565 (2024) — Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_956_hb0565t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Deaths in Custody Oversight Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0565f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0565t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 956 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99286104-61e5-41e8-9d19-8984d2deb9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).