---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations"
description: "Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1081"
citation: "Maryland SB 1081 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-06"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35251160-e867-4e5f-8225-617eb9a0d326"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1081?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "77ad70211d8b61c49a4b283d45b6750c1e5410f57563f1158a3d06fe8208193d"
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 1081 (2020) — Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_595_sb1081t.pdf)
2. **First - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1081f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb1081t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Senator Peters) Adopted
- **2020-03-11** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Senator Peters) Adopted
- **2020-03-11** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 595 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35251160-e867-4e5f-8225-617eb9a0d326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).