---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "Maryland HB 948 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1935db-a75d-4492-8c01-44f8632cf480"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0948?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d9595f05a8e4f63472ca1d9547bedd47b2dbe8910c9735592688149e25d1c959"
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 948 (2020) — State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_387_hb0948t.pdf)
2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0948f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0948t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions — primary (organization)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **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 387 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee1935db-a75d-4492-8c01-44f8632cf480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).