---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment"
description: "Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1037"
citation: "Maryland HB 1037 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Boafo", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Embry", "Fennell", "Henson", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Smith", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90370c82-fd4f-478e-a6e1-9966df7cbc34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1037?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc59cc8de3f922c4923f427269a15a3e1a403e035f8f68d409f72b0353698998"
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 1037 (2024) — Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_937_hb1037e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1037e.pdf)
3. **First - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1037f.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1037t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 937 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90370c82-fd4f-478e-a6e1-9966df7cbc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).