---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations"
description: "State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Maryland SB 895 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Pensions and Retirement", "Law Enforcement", "Retirement Systems", "State Employees", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e34e249-9c43-4de0-97e7-014000b9486b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB895&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6408be3b8fa29ed9a0c1c6ffe3fe4ee187b661413272de4d704a8eb30f53a106"
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 895 (2018) — State Police Retirement System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations

## 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/sb0895f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 8:30 a.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {829932/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** 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 (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 726 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e34e249-9c43-4de0-97e7-014000b9486b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).