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IntroducedSep 16, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 279
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Health Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Public Safety and Correctional Servicescosponsor
Votes
YES: 131
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Adams
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Odom
- Stein
- Addison
- Davis
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Qi
- Taylor
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Valentine
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ross
- Watson
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Moon
- Shetty
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Ziegler
- Coley
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {733725/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
- Sep 16, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated IndividualPDF
- Amendments {733725/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated IndividualPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Martin, Dan (Mental Health Association of Maryland)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Dima, Rania
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Parsley, Luciene (Disability Rights Maryland)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Burton, Evelyn (Schizophrenia and Psychosis Action Alliance)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kale, Oludolapo (Centurion)
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Mills, Morgan (Compass Government Relations)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bonieskie, Dr. Lynda (DPSCS)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Hilliard, Elizabeth (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Livshin, Michelle (On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Ackerman, Laura (Acute Psychiatry Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Harris Jones, Lisa (The Maryland Psychiatric Society & Washington Psychiatric Society)
