---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheriff of Harford County - Salary"
description: "Sheriff of Harford County - Salary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Maryland SB 599 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c18266b-852b-4b9a-b5d5-819213684f4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0599?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5583d3215ca569e8cefdb930a740786087973dd453ae0a79211fe61dcff59a4d"
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 599 (2020) — Sheriff of Harford County - Salary

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sheriff of Harford County - Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_sb0599t.pdf)
2. **First - Sheriff of Harford County - Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0599f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sheriff of Harford County - Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0599t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harford County Senators — 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 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-20** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 439 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c18266b-852b-4b9a-b5d5-819213684f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).