---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements"
description: "Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Maryland SB 72 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-11-01"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b168e2-dd2b-45dd-a0c6-aed08a0dd3cc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0072?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7aa28c1124d8cd225ebeed558725abe569f6d40ace2823fee638999a561d9f84"
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 72 (2020) — Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_512_sb0072t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0072f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0072t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **117–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-03** Hearing 1/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **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`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 512 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36b168e2-dd2b-45dd-a0c6-aed08a0dd3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).