---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternate Contributory Pension Selection – Former Members – Member Contributions"
description: "Alternate Contributory Pension Selection – Former Members – Member Contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "Maryland SB 699 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Pensions and Retirement", "Interest", "Retirement Systems", "State Employees", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone (Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425754ef-1896-4e00-a84e-308cdc40cb75"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB699&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "df1bd3289f81eed2a57d3e51ae0ed4d1d0dc3efb447c3c8b666a8400ca8bcc82"
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 699 (2018) — Alternate Contributory Pension Selection – Former Members – Member Contributions

## 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/sb0699f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone (Chair — primary (person)
- Joint Committee on Pensions) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 8:30 a.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {409834/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425754ef-1896-4e00-a84e-308cdc40cb75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).