---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Patuxent Institution - Appointing Authority"
description: "Correctional Services - Patuxent Institution - Appointing Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Maryland HB 179 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Correctional Officers", "Patuxent Institution", "Public Employees", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6c83d18-31e0-4c7c-9b7d-a80c77d17dce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB179&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "452757771c395f9529447ab58daae95677241ad4895833044a80260f1c822b6c"
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 179 (2019) — Correctional Services - Patuxent Institution - Appointing Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0179f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-18** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-22** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Reassigned to Finance
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6c83d18-31e0-4c7c-9b7d-a80c77d17dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).