---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation"
description: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 339"
citation: "Maryland SB 339 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f528e76-b6a5-4194-8b0c-2ddb2474b6b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0339?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ad5c8929c10962749d9778f61d3c0ca64be9d8c9018ff9db0752e4024bd0fdaa"
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 339 (2020) — State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0339t.pdf)
2. **First - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0339f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0339t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 549 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f528e76-b6a5-4194-8b0c-2ddb2474b6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).