---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits"
description: "Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Maryland SB 545 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d519c68-4b87-4482-b69e-92c6d582a8f2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0545?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c65af5f0b93b4f4470c1e8c4af16f85b34ee25e7613340baba126d373d1e77f"
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 545 (2022) — Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_606_sb0545t.pdf)
2. **First - Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0545f.pdf)
3. **Third - Carroll County - Commissioners - Compensation and Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0545t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d519c68-4b87-4482-b69e-92c6d582a8f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).