---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees’ and Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment – Clarification"
description: "Employees’ and Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment – Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Maryland SB 489 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ff36f8e-1213-4c98-9efb-addf6985caa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0489?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c7d9d247ca41050a9d253d98f2d8a9d08724df493213c808f3599b4161797824"
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 489 (2020) — Employees’ and Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment – Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Employees’ and Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_561_sb0489e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Employees’ and Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0489e.pdf)
3. **First - Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0489f.pdf)
4. **Third - Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0489t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/06 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate M. Jackson) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 561 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ff36f8e-1213-4c98-9efb-addf6985caa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).