---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police"
description: "Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Maryland SB 561 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb44cec5-b3b0-4ac1-985a-b1d87c8cc77d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0561?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d83ef28b8fc3638b712d67d1ae7e2d7498cd8013a924c3954fbe34abae9891c1"
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 561 (2020) — Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_564_sb0561e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0561e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0561f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of General Services - Jurisdiction and Maryland Capitol Police** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0561t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `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 564 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb44cec5-b3b0-4ac1-985a-b1d87c8cc77d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).