---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release"
description: "Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 67"
citation: "Maryland HB 67 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-18"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b0804b-3da6-46ef-9b4d-e9451aa364e6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0067?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "48d627786b793076deed167d79077d5b9301b3ce8e0a9b52123c216bd41d7ce6"
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 67 (2022) — Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_543_hb0067t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Services - Step-Down Programs - Cause of Action** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0067f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0067t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **106–23** (pass) · lower
- HB 67 HB 91 HB 368 HB 824 HB 1097 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 543 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b0804b-3da6-46ef-9b4d-e9451aa364e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).