---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code Revision - Courts - Sheriffs' Salaries and Expenses"
description: "Code Revision - Courts - Sheriffs' Salaries and Expenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "Maryland SB 206 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide", "Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Annotated Code of Maryland", "Baltimore City", "Counties", "Insurance", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Salaries and Compensation", "Sheriffs", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29380117-cdd6-4b53-8306-29941ddcccfa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB206&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "0c199d2c44fff892f5345f6b1a7d67cdaa78fbee32aa980746a03230e4967f62"
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 206 (2019) — Code Revision - Courts - Sheriffs' Salaries and Expenses

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0206f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-22** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 196 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29380117-cdd6-4b53-8306-29941ddcccfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).