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MD HB 279

died on adjournment

Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 279 pass?

No. MD HB 279 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Referred Judicial Proceedings

What is MD HB 279 about?

MD HB 279 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual”.

Who sponsors MD HB 279?

Chair, Health Committee is the primary sponsor of MD HB 279.

Introduced
2025-09-16
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Referred Judicial Proceedings
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Chair, Health Committeeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Referred Judicial Proceedings

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-20

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  3. 2026-03-19

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  4. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-03-19

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Health

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-01-22

    Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

  7. 2026-01-14

    First Reading Health

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-09-16

    Pre-filed

    introduction

Versions

  • Third - Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated IndividualCompare
  • First - Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated IndividualCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-08 · pass · 131-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Johnson, S.: not voting
    • Wilson: not voting
    • Young: not voting
    • Crosby: absent
    • Metzgar: absent
    • Pasteur: absent
    • Williams: absent
    • Wolek: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent

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