---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula"
description: "Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 486"
citation: "Maryland SB 486 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Allegany County", "Judges", "Orphans' Court", "Retirement Systems", "Salaries and Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4846a5d0-7cc4-4150-b456-c79873512dbc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB486&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "63e2133eaaea8502671d7ec29dd777df3bf67c64d312b6875ab66ca730442ba1"
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 486 (2018) — Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula

## 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/sb/sb0486f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {718477/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Laid Over (Senator Madaleno) Adopted
- **2018-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {718477/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-02** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/20 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4846a5d0-7cc4-4150-b456-c79873512dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).