---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Executive Directors - Membership and Vesting"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Executive Directors - Membership and Vesting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 761"
citation: "Maryland SB 761 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7756eb5-f99a-4d92-bdeb-fed6f6e018a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0761?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "342d27e283caac6a55e0c1d35087c1dd94703f7acb1c2632494b9265067cbe19"
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 761 (2021) — State Retirement and Pension System - Executive Directors - Membership and Vesting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Executive Directors - Membership and Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_398_sb0761t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Executive Director - Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0761f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Executive Directors - Membership and Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0761t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 3/04 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
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 398 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7756eb5-f99a-4d92-bdeb-fed6f6e018a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).