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MarylandSB 00612026 Regular SessionSenate

Division of Correction - Volunteer Services Program

Sponsored By: Charles E. Sydnor (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Volunteers can enter prisons to help with reentry

Beginning October 1, 2026, Maryland runs a Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction. Registered volunteers—including formerly incarcerated people and groups led by them—can enter state prisons to help people prepare for release. The Division must set a volunteer registration protocol and get approval from the Attorney General. It posts the list of registered volunteers on its system. Volunteers must give a written schedule for facility visits; the Division may deny it only if it would disrupt normal operations. Formerly incarcerated volunteers choose if their names are public, and public listing needs their written consent. Another volunteer or group may list a name on their behalf, and the Division must keep records of those names.

State cannabis fund stops reentry program support

Beginning October 1, 2026, the Maryland Cannabis Regulation and Enforcement Fund cannot be used for the Release Preparation Program. Programs and groups that used this fund for release-preparation work can no longer get that money from it.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Charles E. Sydnor

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 219 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/9/2026

Third Reading Passed

Yes: 42 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 4/8/2026

Third Reading Passed

Yes: 133 • No: 0 • Other: 3

Senate vote • 3/19/2026

Third Reading Passed

Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518

    5/12/2026

  2. Passed Enrolled

    4/9/2026Senate

  3. Third Reading Passed (42-0)

    4/9/2026Senate

  4. Senate Concurs House Amendments

    4/9/2026Senate

  5. Third Reading Passed (133-0)

    4/8/2026House

  6. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

    4/8/2026House

  7. Favorable with Amendments {273520/1 Adopted

    4/8/2026House

  8. Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

    4/8/2026House

  9. Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

    3/26/2026House

  10. Referred Government, Labor, and Elections

    3/20/2026House

  11. Third Reading Passed (44-0)

    3/19/2026Senate

  12. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

    3/18/2026Senate

  13. Favorable with Amendments {173926/1 Adopted

    3/18/2026Senate

  14. Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

    3/18/2026Senate

  15. First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance

    1/14/2026Senate

  16. Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

    1/13/2026Senate

  17. Pre-filed

    10/29/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enacted

    5/12/2026

    PDF

  • Enrolled

    4/9/2026

    PDF

  • Third Reading

    3/18/2026

    PDF

  • First Reading

    1/14/2026

    PDF

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