---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration"
description: "Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Maryland HB 22 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-02"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9f630d-7347-41ad-b6bc-12f91e882254"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0022?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "497643dc3d0d42dc2c5df2b12a37484b3945e1aadf7461ec6ad87d4bf576e117"
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 22 (2025) — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_128_hb0022t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0022f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0022t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Valentine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e9f630d-7347-41ad-b6bc-12f91e882254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).