Maryland HB 566 provides that indigent defendants shall not be required to pay a home detention monitoring fee. Currently, county courts have discretion to waive the fee. Under HB 566, non-indigent individuals who are ordered to a term of home detention must still pay $75 per week.
You can read the full text of the bill here.
Primary sponsor(s): Nick Mosby, Julian Ivey, Gabriel Acevero, Vanessa Atterbeary, Debra Davis, Michael Jackson, Jazz Lewis, Emily Shetty
Status: Pending