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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors"
+description: "Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 11"
+citation: "Maryland HB 11 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-10-31"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c0bae3-64a4-469a-9357-46a657ebeece"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0011?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d538963f551cb774414e4a4b671542c3202e34e1685d4d77eed4749378e4d110"
+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 HB 11 (2026) — Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_567_hb0011e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0011e.pdf)
+3. **First - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0011f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0011t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **125–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3c0bae3-64a4-469a-9357-46a657ebeece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+