---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity"
description: "Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 822"
citation: "Maryland SB 822 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d814f60-0c28-4ecd-a544-bd095c39b167"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0822?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "26ef207f075db2ff283878c2d3d7a53676c3a6a8e47900290ddff96d2c8ba9f1"
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 822 (2026) — Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_431_sb0822t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0822f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0822t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Griffith /243326/1 — **36–98** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d814f60-0c28-4ecd-a544-bd095c39b167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).