Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB822: Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to an incarcerated individual and the incarcerated individual's representative at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity FOR the purpose of requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to include certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual and the incarcerated individual's representative at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity FOR the purpose of requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to include certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual and the incarcerated individual's representative at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; altering the time periods within which the Commission is required to issue certain reports; providing that the Commission does not have the authority to permanently deny parole; providing that a certain incarcerated individual is entitled to a subsequent parole hearing at a certain time; requiring the Commission to record each hearing at a certain time; requiring each hearing recording to be made available to the public subject to certain disclosure requirements, to be redacted in a certain manner, to be retained for a certain amount of time, and to contain certain materials; prohibiting a county from being a party to a certain proceeding involving an erroneously convicted individual; and generally relating to the Maryland Parole Commission and erroneously convicted individuals. BY repealing …