---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefit Cap Increase"
description: "Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefit Cap Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1042"
citation: "Maryland HB 1042 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Pensions and Retirement", "Law Enforcement", "Retirement Systems", "Salaries and Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e4a8ad-ddba-446b-a33c-c9a0aba870fa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1042&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "5d74fbd0465ca737fa6c5681a7d2ee151776a1d80b738f4fc8a2d87d23dbeebe"
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 1042 (2018) — Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefit Cap Increase

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1042f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–14** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/22 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (122-14) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/22 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 784 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e4a8ad-ddba-446b-a33c-c9a0aba870fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).