---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Reporting by Correctional Units and Requirements Relating to Minors"
description: "Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Reporting by Correctional Units and Requirements Relating to Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 774"
citation: "Maryland SB 774 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Correctional Institutions", "Crime Control and Prevention", "Governor's Office of", "Juvenile Causes", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Minors", "Prisoners", "Public Safety and Correctional Services", "Department of", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebf816c-df76-4f0b-b6e1-195963cb6913"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB774&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "9be9ef679ecf9994aa23ac81ad92260f8fe9d317f95ea80ea2379d0963ac78e9"
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 774 (2019) — Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Reporting by Correctional Units and Requirements Relating to Minors

## 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/sb0774f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **121–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **126–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {188677/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {562013/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (126-11) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-05** Senators Hough, Washington, and Waldstreicher
- **2019-04-06** House Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-06** Delegates Moon, D.M. Davis, and Malone
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (121-17) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 527 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ebf816c-df76-4f0b-b6e1-195963cb6913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).