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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms"
+description: "Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 164"
+citation: "Maryland SB 164 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-08-13"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4dea79-9298-4faa-a9ef-7e0e8f8e636a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0164?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e45661df76f92db8b61465c4ffa95c9f7587c671a80bace407ce1fe5bab82caf"
+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 164 (2025) — Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_513_sb0164t.pdf)
+2. **First - Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0164f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Terminology and Obsolete References - Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0164t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** Second Reading Passed
+- **2025-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
+- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe4dea79-9298-4faa-a9ef-7e0e8f8e636a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+