---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Correctional Deputy Sheriffs - Collective Bargaining"
description: "Cecil County - Correctional Deputy Sheriffs - Collective Bargaining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 511"
citation: "Maryland SB 511 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Cecil County", "Collective Bargaining", "Correctional Officers", "County Executives", "Discipline", "Law Enforcement", "Petitions", "Review Boards", "Salaries and Compensation", "Sheriffs", "Sunset", "Unions", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716d4c8b-a9f7-4a5c-8358-722a963bb773"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB511&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6cc28178ffd32d32cc92fcc32b6c669542365c23843891ff49ae1f4e51e97353"
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 511 (2019) — Cecil County - Correctional Deputy Sheriffs - 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0511f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-08** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (132-7) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/716d4c8b-a9f7-4a5c-8358-722a963bb773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).