HB0725 • 2026

Correctional Services - Immigration Enforcement - Required Notice and Transfer

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Delegates Arikan , Baker , Chisholm , Fisher , Grammer , Kipke , M. Morgan , Nawrocki , Reilly , Szeliga , Valentine , and Wivell
Last action: 2026-02-05
Official status: In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Correctional Services - Immigration Enforcement - Required Notice and Transfer

Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to provide notice of the release of an individual at least 48 hours prior to the release and to transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities.

What This Bill Does

Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to provide notice of the release of an individual at least 48 hours prior to the release and to transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities.

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Bill History

2026-02-05 House
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-02 House
First Reading Judiciary
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Correctional Services - Immigration Enforcement - Required Notice and Transfer

Official Summary Text

Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to provide notice of the release of an individual at least 48 hours prior to the release and to transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities.

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0725*

HOUSE BILL 725
E4, P3 6lr1270

By: Delegates Arikan, Baker, Chisholm, Fisher, Grammer, Kipke, M. Morgan,
Nawrocki, Reilly, Szeliga, Valentine, and Wivell
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Correctional Services – Immigration Enforcement – Required Notice and 2
Transfer 3

FOR the purpose of requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility 4
to provide certain notice of the release of a n individual and transfer the individual 5
to federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances ; and generally 6
relating to immigration enforcement. 7

BY adding to 8
Article – Correctional Services 9
Section 9–309 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2025 Replacement Volume) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Correctional Services 15

9–309. 16

IF REQUESTED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATI ON AUTHORITIES, AN EMPLOYEE OR 17
AGENT OF A STATE OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL: 18

(1) PROVIDE NOTICE OF TH E RELEASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL AT LEAST 19
48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE R ELEASE OF THE INDIVI DUAL IN ORDER TO FAC ILITATE 20
THE TRANSFER OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES; AND 21

2 HOUSE BILL 725

(2) TRANSFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO FEDERA L IMMIGRATION 1
AUTHORITIES PROVIDED THAT THE TRANSFER DO ES NOT EXTEND THE TI ME IN 2
CUSTODY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL’S SCHEDULED RELEASE. 3

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4
October 1, 2026. 5