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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
+description: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 298"
+citation: "Maryland SB 298 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d1a289-8a28-4341-8019-1024a1eac0ef"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0298?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "b8aa9ab7897941eaeaaa91701d004fa54806881d88cd567eb56c8f164febc71e"
+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 298 (2026) — Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_263_sb0298e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298e.pdf)
+3. **First - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d1a289-8a28-4341-8019-1024a1eac0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+