Maryland House Bill 401

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing certain requirements relating to the use of telephone equipment and telephone services by incarcerated individuals in State correctional facilities; prohibiting a State correctional facility and telephone service provider from charging an incarcerated individual for the indivdual's use of telephone equipment and services while in the facility; and establishing the Costs of Telephone Communications Advisory Committee to review prison and jail phone call programs and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025.

State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications

Del. Kent Roberson [D]	Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Jeffrie Long [D]
Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-16	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB56 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-02 - Hearing 1/09 at 2:00 p.m.
HB1366 (Carry Over) 2024-02-13 - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Correctional Services	10	1001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Correctional Services	10	1002	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Correctional Services	10	1003	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Correctional Services	10	503	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0401?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0401f.pdf