---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and Benefits"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 960"
citation: "Maryland SB 960 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec1a73e-0589-410a-8f32-ad5f2eec7807"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0960?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a28c9ddaf8605995bc1ae0ef785d0d3aea3b5df25dea0258363c0c50045d3ef3"
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 960 (2020) — State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and Benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_588_sb0960e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0960e.pdf)
3. **First - Optional Retirement Program - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0960f.pdf)
4. **Third - Optional Retirement Program - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0960t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 8:30 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 with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 588 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dec1a73e-0589-410a-8f32-ad5f2eec7807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).