Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB305: Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Extending the fiscal years through 2029 in which the Governor may include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide automotive repair training and reentry assistance to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.
What the bill says
An act concerning Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension FOR the purpose of extending the fiscal years in which the Governor may include a certain appropriation in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide certain services to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension FOR the purpose of extending the fiscal years in which the Governor may include a certain appropriation in the annual budget bill for certain qualifying nonprofit organizations that provide certain services to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; extending the termination date for provisions relating to funding for certain services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; and generally relating to reentry services and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Public Safety Section 4-1013 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Chapter 892 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2024 Section 2 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Public Safety 4-1013. (a) In this section, "qualifying nonprofit organization" means an organization that: (1) provides training and reentry assistance for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; (2) provides training for at least 50 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals per year in automotive repair; (3) is able to provide an automotive repair certificate from a nationally recognized automotive repair organization to eligible participants; and Ch. 403 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND (4) demonstrates a minimum of …