---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force"
description: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "Maryland HB 646 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Amprey", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Holmes", "McCaskill", "Phillips", "Ruff", "Taylor", "Toles", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad98e36-1da6-4617-be24-f18e00512f12"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0646?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2edf9ad65333d1a9e18d829a60aac2b57727c4cd7970099b6f248fefdd8be16a"
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 646 (2025) — Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force

## 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 - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_113_hb0646t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0646f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0646t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **115–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad98e36-1da6-4617-be24-f18e00512f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).