Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1018: Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards
Status: In committee, March 25, 2026
Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering certain duties of and prohibitions on the actions of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards relating to correctional immigration detention facilities; requiring certain violations and security breaches be reported to the Commission or the Office of the Inspector General; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities…
From the engrossed text, February 25, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering certain duties of and prohibitions on the actions of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards relating to correctional facilities and immigration detention facilities, including reporting requirements, receiving and reviewing reported violations of minimum mandatory standards, submitting an annual certification to the Commission related to utilities, occupancy standards, and emergency preparedness, and inspecting facilities; requiring certain health care practitioners and security guards persons to report certain violations and security breaches to the Commission or the Office of the Inspector General; requiring a regulating body to take appropriate disciplinary action if a health care practitioner or a security guard fails certain persons fail to report a certain violation; applying certain compliance, audit, and enforcement provisions to immigration detention facilities; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a certain action against a private entity that owns, manages, or operates a correctional facility or an immigration detention facility for certain violations; authorizing requiring the Commission to cease operation of a correctional facility or an immigration detention facility that is life-threatening or health-endangering; requiring a …
Sponsors
- Vaughn Stewart (D, 19) · primary sponsor
- Charlotte Crutchfield (D, 19)
- Kris Fair (D, 3)
- Mary Lehman (D, HD-021)
- Sheila Ruth (D, 44B)
- Matthew Schindler (D, HD-002)
- Jared Solomon (D, 18)
- Jennifer Terrasa (D, 13)
- Chao Wu (D, 9A)
Latest actions
- : Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- : Referred Judicial Proceedings
- : Third Reading Passed (98-37)
- : Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- : Floor Amendment {523427/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (36-96)
- : Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Griffith) Adopted
- : Favorable with Amendments {203920/1 Adopted
- : Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- : Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- : First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (98-37) (February 26, 2026): 98 yea, 37 nay, passed
- Floor Amendment { 523427/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected (36-96) (February 25, 2026): 36 yea, 96 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is HB1018?
- HB1018 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards.
- What does HB1018 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning Correctional Services - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities…
- What is the status of HB1018?
- In committee as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1018?
- Vaughn Stewart (D, 19), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1018?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1018?ys=2026RS
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