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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback"
+description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 7"
+citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-11-01"
+last_action: "2024-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4635e0-fda1-4a35-b076-0d35add83145"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1692157d5ae09c92082ed547c823a29ffa9d3540e1eb1cbb6d1161bddf899c6d"
+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 7 (2024) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0007e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007e.pdf)
+3. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/24 at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4635e0-fda1-4a35-b076-0d35add83145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+