---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration of Benefits - Clarification"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration of Benefits - Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 680"
citation: "Maryland SB 680 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f5373ea-6f3c-4348-b0d0-13e01fe97bdb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0680?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "070bba4628c1bf132a1b5f7dc46554b6e84616d41953a5342e730bd9911a4d9d"
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 680 (2021) — State Retirement and Pension System - Administration of Benefits - Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration of Benefits - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_216_sb0680t.pdf)
2. **First - Teachers' Pension System - Vested Allowance - Break in Service** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0680f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration of Benefits - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0680t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Szeliga /903829/1 Motion to Special Order — **97–42** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f5373ea-6f3c-4348-b0d0-13e01fe97bdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).