---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations"
description: "Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "Maryland SB 890 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Attorney General"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469f94af-74d4-4584-b218-d084b7365713"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0890?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3316efc11d77ff9e4d45b3c432faf0cdc33f415698b550c6164a65c6f8113a45"
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 890 (2024) — Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_139_sb0890t.pdf)
2. **First - Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0890f.pdf)
3. **Third - Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0890t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)
- Office of the Attorney General — 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 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/469f94af-74d4-4584-b218-d084b7365713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).