---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 801"
citation: "Maryland HB 801 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Embry", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Taylor", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69c31d34-15ea-43c6-a309-c9075d11c0d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0801?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c9255e87c50bba7e42a924df77a9624c72fbb6039a133b3c8e594f3b2281225a"
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 801 (2024) — Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_759_hb0801t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0801f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0801t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **108–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 759 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69c31d34-15ea-43c6-a309-c9075d11c0d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).