---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements"
description: "Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Maryland HB 193 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "Kaufman", "Moon", "Phillips", "Simpson", "Williams", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40fbd3ea-2945-410f-8a59-8c3dc5a14544"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0193?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7f5269733d22b989f346c1b4007bf88c01ee4c7ae3cd2c8183367c806200d34f"
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 193 (2023) — Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_710_hb0193t.pdf)
2. **First - Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0193f.pdf)
3. **Third - Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0193t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40fbd3ea-2945-410f-8a59-8c3dc5a14544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).