---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Inmates - Labor"
description: "Correctional Services - Inmates - Labor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Maryland SB 527 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Correction", "Division of", "Prisoners", "Reports", "Salaries and Compensation", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d680eda-c954-4a5f-a55f-0d73de012f44"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB527&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "a19ce79a14f21c92ed4a9d1ae78c8bd5fc738b8437254ba421e61e7ebbbf61d8"
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 527 (2019) — Correctional Services - Inmates - Labor

## 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/sb/sb0527f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **107–32** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/12 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (107-32) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d680eda-c954-4a5f-a55f-0d73de012f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).