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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification"
+description: "State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1138"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1138 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/871931bb-4e3e-4719-8f0e-cf007b0b3204"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1138?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "c04bdcdb04a991b53f2a2ffe3a7c3f7962353b6bc698aae4fc55cf5831db1c39"
+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 1138 (2026) — State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_56_hb1138t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1138f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1138t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/871931bb-4e3e-4719-8f0e-cf007b0b3204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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