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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit"
+description: "Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 604"
+citation: "Maryland SB 604 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833f050a-50b2-4e0c-bf2b-f46af29ae2d8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0604?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1e1d92897adaabe78b3859f13a16d893d8a1622ce1bbf3d48ae5a8e5647ae049"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 604 (2024) — Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_sb0604t.pdf)
+2. **First - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0604f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0604t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/08 at 9:00 a.m.
+- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833f050a-50b2-4e0c-bf2b-f46af29ae2d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+