---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Maryland SB 409 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Jackson", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/307f03c4-df13-41c7-a718-cb4059d74924"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0409?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2d93a42279802a226f61e4f0a8fe2945fef7474cd85aaae2955b46f8bdcf2998"
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 409 (2022) — State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_355_sb0409t.pdf)
2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0409f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System – COVID–19–Related Death Benefits – Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0409t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions — primary (organization)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Hearing 2/10 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/22 at 1:40 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/307f03c4-df13-41c7-a718-cb4059d74924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).