---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)"
description: "Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "Maryland HB 1222 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Acevero", "Allen", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Harris", "Hill", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Roberson", "Ruff", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stein", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Wells", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods", "Woorman", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b26089-8243-4929-823e-678d37c754d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1222?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "284ea33cba2cdb10d9bcb2a2dee471b06020eaa42c1434a1c741ef730f0cc537"
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 1222 (2025) — Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_718_hb1222e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1222e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1222f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1222t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Hornberger /773124/1 — **36–94** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–38** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Suspend rules — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /593621/1 — **37–91** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **98–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Motion Special Order until 03/15 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-24** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-24** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20b26089-8243-4929-823e-678d37c754d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).