---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband"
description: "State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Maryland SB 273 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-12"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db54f6e-6c67-4ac0-b500-8c1d87d986a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0273?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0f8e53a2d1d6d960e6f69f11d1dd95c08801c772cf673b931d502ec3f9fc83fa"
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 273 (2024) — State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_101_sb0273t.pdf)
2. **First - State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0273f.pdf)
3. **Third - State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0273t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6db54f6e-6c67-4ac0-b500-8c1d87d986a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).