Legislation - HB0697

Title: Correctional Services - Diminution of a Term of Confinement
Sponsored by: Delegates Grammer, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, M. Morgan, Nawrocki, and Szeliga
Status: In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note
Racial Equity Impact Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for murder in the first degree that occurred on or after October 1, 2026.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0374 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2026 Legislative Date 2/02/2026 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Correctional Services - Diminution of a Term of Confinement Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2026 Legislative Date 2/02/2026 Action Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Racial Equity Impact Note Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/02/2026	2/02/2026	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Correctional Services - Diminution of a Term of Confinement
House	2/02/2026	2/02/2026	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
			Text - Racial Equity Impact Note

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