---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harford County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Officers - Collective Bargaining"
description: "Harford County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Officers - Collective Bargaining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Maryland SB 73 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Collective Bargaining", "Contracts", "Correctional Officers", "Harford County", "Salaries and Compensation", "Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-10"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876a1bb2-5395-49bd-a429-9800f13f0a3d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB73&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "68964f2c5466feee0980cae7b41f39f1c50df206696e9f982d7ed6d3d55aa699"
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 73 (2018) — Harford County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Officers - Collective Bargaining

## 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/sb0073f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harford County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Favorable with Amendments {217170/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (133-3) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876a1bb2-5395-49bd-a429-9800f13f0a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).