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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act"
+description: "Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 280"
+citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Charles", "Folden", "Gallion", "Henson", "James", "Jennings", "Love", "Mautz", "McKay", "Muse", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63e04ab-6043-42ab-809d-e9a21a5e64f9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e917893065e6240f66b3ffe06b45a83310555f4e0797a8d16e6ae3780b42de8e"
+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 280 (2025) — Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_261_sb0280t.pdf)
+2. **First - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-16** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
+- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63e04ab-6043-42ab-809d-e9a21a5e64f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+