---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding"
description: "Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Maryland SB 134 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Charles", "Hettleman", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7a45e0-2bc7-4e7c-83a9-6ffd7305a1fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0134?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d814434dfc7a460148cc6f8262ae3541196cee1ef7ca8b2031b8fede5dcc324"
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 134 (2024) — Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_836_sb0134e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0134e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman Unit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0134f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0134t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **105–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Judiciary Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 836 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7a45e0-2bc7-4e7c-83a9-6ffd7305a1fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).