---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions"
description: "State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "Maryland HB 588 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d195fe0f-a8bb-4f26-a327-36ad4e011e99"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0588?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ed94216e23df65deca64375c7168dab7d70cb0d0a96482a62f77a563d06b6efd"
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 HB 588 (2020) — State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_265_hb0588t.pdf)
2. **First - State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0588f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0588t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- M. Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Hearing 3/19 at 9:30 a.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 265 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d195fe0f-a8bb-4f26-a327-36ad4e011e99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).