MARYLAND MATTERS
APRIL 2, 2024
A House committee voted Monday to advance a correctional ombudsman bill, which some legislators and criminal justice reform advocates have pushed for at least three years.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 134, sponsored by Sen. Shelly Hettleman (D-Baltimore County), to the full chamber.
With about a week left in the 90-day legislative session, the committee also voted to conform the House version of the bill, sponsored by Del. Debra Davis (D-Charles), to the Senate measure.
Because the measure is jointly assigned, the Health and Government Operations Committee must also review and recommend the legislation to the House floor.
A major change from last year’s bill would create an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman as an independent operation in state government.
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