---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment"
description: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1036"
citation: "Maryland SB 1036 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c557109-1451-4aad-aa08-74efa07f64e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1036?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e611813b6d3856ad930b5aa296e4874817f9cdbb5eda95c1ea459a1d846eebe6"
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 1036 (2024) — Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_936_sb1036t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1036f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1036t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `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`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `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 936 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c557109-1451-4aad-aa08-74efa07f64e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).